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Monday, October 31, 2005

Never would I dream I'll see the day when people play online Tag! *grins* Since Iona has given me the honour of being "tagged" (You owe be BIG, Su An... XD), I shall just obliged. In return, I shall tag seven (un?)fortunate souls who have yet been 'tagged' by others. Bwahahahaha!!!!

7 things you plan to do before you die:

1. TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD!!!

2. Rollerbladding....if gravity and weight issues permit =p

3. Try sky-diving/para-sailing!

4. Learn a new musical instrument. A Chinese bamboo flute would be nice...hehehe

5. Take up Chinese or glass painting.

6. Extend my services to WHO....someday *grins*

7. Learn to love and be loved (???)

7 things I could do:

1. Slam something hard/heavy onto the home PC, if Dad permits....that THING's giving my sis and I a lot of trouble. ><" 2. Pack my luggage - Not close to completion yet, and I'm off this afternoon!!! Talk about last minute...=p 3. Study ahead and revise my Sem. 2 and 3 lectures. Now this is going to be EXTREMELY difficult. =( 4. Consume more brainfood. Me brain demands fuel to override exhaustion phase. 5. Clean up my room. Current status: Pigsty.

6. Grab something to eat....I'm HUNGRY!

7. Ruffle my brother's hair....bwahahahahah!!!

7 celebrity crushes:

I sense impending doom on this one. Crushes? I don't think I have anyone worth to be under this category lor. Nonetheless, the following are few whom I find "likeable" on screen:

1. Robin Williams (funny!)

2. Tom Hanks (great acting skills)

3. Takeshi Kaneshiro (love his eyes!!! XD)

4. Ryan Cabrera (very nice hair....lol)

5. ???

6. ?????

7. .......... you know what? I have no idea at the moment. *sheepish grin* Will get back to this once I have three more names, ok?

7 often repeated words:

1. What the...???

2. Lame la wei....

3. Dammit!!!!

4. Piggy!!!!! *ruffles bro's hair on cue* (don't ask how he got that nic =p)

5. You've got to be kidding me....

6. I'VE BEEN FRAMED!!!!

7. Don't bluff!! =p

7 traits I look for in the opposite sex:

1. Someone who could understand and tolerate my silence (very difficult to find lor) , and accept my need to find solitude/ peace of mind/freedom whenever I want to [ie: accepting me as I am]. He need not be as quiet as me la.... =p

2. Height - he better be TALLER than me. I'd rather not 'look down' on him (literally) all the time.... ^^

3. NOT a "brat"

4. Intelligence - but not to the extent that I don't know WHAT he's talking about most of the time....

5. A DOG-LOVER!!!

6. Has the ability to crap so much that I start crapping away too (this IS rare)

7. Someone who's willing to let me ruffle HIS hair once in a while.....bwahahahaha!!!!!

I'm just difficult to please....^^

My 7 tags go to:

1. Christabel ( the "mascot" of SOS =p)

2. Yee Yen (one of my best pals in BBGS =D)

3. Sze Min (my sis!!! ^^)

4. Thomas (if you ever read this blog...hehehe)

5. Keato (ditto!)

6. Leng Hui (I know you read this blog =p)

7. Guan Hui (you've not written anything on your blog yet, cousin...=p)

This "tag" game is tougher than I thought. Quite time-consuming. *grins* I bid the seven chosen ones GOOD LUCK!!!

To all my Muslim and Hindu friends: Happy Deeparaya!!!
And to the rest....Happy Holidays!!!!!! =D

Friday, October 28, 2005

My comp. finally struck a 'gold mine'....fool's gold, I should say, because it is currently down with some Trojan virus. Bleaaargh!!! *tears hair* Therefore, I can only depend on IMU e-labs for the time being. ><"
*%(@@#^%)@#!)$$!!!*@!!!

PS: If any of you guys receive some 'web link' from me or my sister via MSN in the next few days....DON'T OPEN IT!!!! They are NOT from us!

You have been warned....

Thursday, October 27, 2005

In regards to the above, my CSU group [proudly?] proclaimed that we blew two balloon catheters up, and spewed sterile water (which is likened to spilling urine in real clinical settings) all over our faces and white coats during the course of simulated catheterization yesterday.

Eeeew....

I guess we need more practice. Period.*sheepish grin*

I just found out that catheterization is also done on females who underwent Cesarian surgery. That has never crossed my mind before. Strange huh? Now I am thoroughly amazed - of what my mum had gone through when I was born. The excitement on having her first child, the long wait, the anxiety during labour (from what I've heard, the doc who delivered me arrived a little late)....and panic when it was further complicated by foetal distress, prompting the 'oh-so-punctual-doc' to perform a C-section.

So yes, one could say I've had a 'near-death experience' before [dad recalls I was slightly blue then]....not that I can remember of course.

Thanks mum. =)

And dad.*huge grin*

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

My first out of a five-day IMU attachment at a private GP clinic was better than I expected. Never realized I could learn so much in merely 6 1/2 hours. Heheh. It's good, really good.... =)

Seen a couple of cases, but there are two which I find most interesting:

The first case was a 14-year old girl who was involved in a motorcycle accident. That occured when she was boarding the public bus at noon. The motorcyclist (who happened to be my GP's patient) brought her into the O.T. (Operating theatre) room. Other than a haematoma above her right eye and abrasians on her forehead, left cheek and upper extremities, everything else was fine. She (fortunately) did not lose consciousness nor felt dizzy at time of the accident. Her pupils responded appropriately to light as well. The only thing that worried the doctor a little was her drowsiness; she had to be lightly 'shaken' in order to be kept awake. Sensing this could be a result of her fast (it's fasting month in Malaysia), my GP persuaded her to consume some glucose first, before giving her an anti-tetanus shot. Her parents were promptly notified, and it was not long before they arrived. The GP reassured them that all was well at the moment, and advised them to admit their daughter to the hospital for observation.

The second was an Indian lady with a corn in her right foot. She had been putting it off for a month, but finally came to see a doctor as the pain was unbearable. An excision has to be done.....

Now one might find this a little odd, but this is the FIRST time I witnessed a surgery!

"Now how about the times you went to Seremban Hospital and Kuala Kubu Baru (KKB)Hospital??? Surely you've seen some minor surgery over there, right?"

"Wrong! Been there, yes. Seen fractures? Yes. Seen X-rays being taken? Yes. Seen nurses/ doctors drawing blood/inserting cannula? Yes. Seen wound dressings? Definitely! But minor surgeries? Nope....nadda, never seen them. What more major ones?"

*Smacks head* "Pity...."

And how do you think I found the experience? Well, let's put it this way.....I was already hypoglycaemic. I did not consume anything within the last 5 hours of my waking day. To top it off, I stood most of the time throughout my duty. And the fact that the patient yelped in pain during the local anaesthetic (LA) shots was already a little....'eye-opening'. So, what do you think naturally happened during the excision session? My hearing became 'impaired'- I couldn't hear nor comprehend what my GP said as he was explaining the whole procedure to me. Nor could I hear the patient anymore. I could see black patches. My throat went dry. There were palpitations. And I felt light-headed.

Boy, everything was so vivid then....

Now this has happened to me before. Once, I collapsed after a swimming session when I was around seven. The second time was in a stuffy, school science lab - thirteen then. I was not about to let it happen the third time round. No, at least not with the patient in sight. She was already in so much pain. A medical student collapsing in front of her would be too much to bear. So I did what many might have done: I excused myself from the O.T. room, and made my way to the dispensary counter. There I promptly sat on a chair, tilted my head upwards, and maintained that position till I felt slightly better (well, hey....there's no space to lie flat on the floor). Thereafter I took some water.

Went back to the O.T. Room. The minor surgery was already completed then. Sensing that I was not feeling well during the op, my GP asked if I would like some glucose. *grins* He then assured me that this is normal - many of his fellow colleagues fainted whilst watching an ongoing surgery during his med. school days, and that an IMU student collapsed in his clinic before.....*deja vu*

So the moral of the story is: Get a hearty breakfast before one assumes duty in a clinical setting!!!! =p

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

About time.....*ahem* YAHOO!!!! *spills confetti* So glad it's all over....for now. *grins*

But what about the endocrine system? How is it like in general? Well, let's just say it's been Slooooow, shall we? =p

Don't get me wrong, encodrinology is in fact an interesting system. Very "multiorganic"- everything is related in some way or another (eg: diabetes). Heheh. You don't get that very often in pre-clinical studies. Trust me. =)

Somehow the plenaries were given at a rather "snail-like" pace. Perhaps our fast-paced world's finally at a stand-still. Or perhaps I took things pretty lightly lately. I don't know. Can't really pin-point the exact cause of my 'slackiness' which is currently at its peak.

Before you can say "You should see a doctor" (or something of that sort), I also like to add that a large portion of Sem 4 students felt precisely the same way as I do. Unusual? Strange? I guess.....

Perhaps this is some "post-EOS3 syndrome" endemic in Sem. 4. Perhaps this is still the time where the "exhaustion phase" kicks in.....perhaps we have been drilled right to the core during our pre-EOS 3 days till we become somewhat 'immuned' to exams? Hmmm, I still wonder.....

On the lighter side of medicine, a few Sem. 2 students asked Tim and I to be "test subjects" in one of their short Clincial Skills Unit (CSU) sessions a couple of days ago. No, we need not bare all/tops for everyone to see (as some of our more 'unfortunate' counterparts had to do during clinical sessions). They only needed our arms.....to sharpen their blood pressure-taking skills.

So why call us, and not other juniors, one might ask. Three reasons: 1. Tim and I were the first two people they saw outside CSU 2. They had practised on their counterparts till their arms turned red/purple *gulp* 3. They felt their practice was stil inadequate...*hint hint: perfectionists*

And so we obliged (heck, we were waiting for our CSU session to start then, and there was like....45 minutes to kill??)

Tim was their first simulated patient. So far, so good.....

When it was my turn:

Student 1 (S1): *introduced himself/herself, then proceeded to ask me standard questions* Have you rested?

Me: Yes

S1: Have you taken your breakfast?

Me: *nods head*

S1: Had any coffee or any alcoholic drink then?

Me: Nope.

S1: Do you smoke?

Me: No.

S1 proceeded to take my heart rate and respiratory rate. Then my blood pressure (BP) was taken. A short while later.....

S1: *hesistantly* Errm.....your BP's 140/90.......

Everyone: HAH???

Me: *eye bulges, jaw dropped* Wah.....that high meh? Stage 1 hypertension (HT) already la....

Tim: *joked* Wah, how did you survive HT in med. school without antihypertensives wan?

Another student (let's just call him/her S2) promptly took my BP. Later:

S2: Around 125/75.

Me: Phew. (turned to S1) Want to give it a shot once more?

S1 resumed his/her position and took my BP again.

S1 (after BP check): Now your reading's about 115/65!

Quite a wide range of answers, eh? =p Perhaps they really need more practice (but I'm really happy from the enthusiasm they showed us in the CSU room lor...they would make pretty good doctors someday *grins*) Or perhaps I have some form of "White-coat Syndrome". How ironic.

And yes, my arm turned blue-black the following day.....heheh. =D

Saturday, October 08, 2005

Cropped this from Friendster. Just for laughs....enjoy! *grins*

A woman goes into a pet shop and enqiures to buy a Parrot. The assistant tells her that he only has one left and that she can have it for $100.

"But..." he added. "I must warn you - his previous owner was a Madam in a house of ill repute".

"That's ok," the woman says - "I'll take it anyway."

When she got it home the Parrot said, "Ah, different brothel - different Madam!" The woman replied, "This is no brothel and I am no Madam."

After a while the woman's two daughters came to visit for the day the Parrot said "Ah, different brothel, different Madam, and different prostitutes!!" The woman repeated, "This is no brothel, I am no Madam and these are my daughters!"

Later on, the woman's husband came home from work the Parrot chirped, "Ah, different brothel, different Madam, different prostitutes...Oh hello George, nice to see you again!!!" ^^

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

There was I, browsing through books in a pretty quiet corner at Kinokuniya, KLCC. All of a sudden, I heard a voice, "Hi. How are you?"

My first thought was: "Mr. Galy???" (My behavioural science lecturer in IMU)

I turned to my right, and there I saw a tall man. African alright, but it was not who I thought.

A complete stranger....*gulp*

He said he wanted to be my friend and tried asking me a lot of questions: What is my name?Where do I live? Am I a Chinese or Malay? (and he claimed I was 'good-looking') *sweats*

*alarm bells ringing*

And there I stood - frozen, thinking, "Good lord, this happened to my sister before when she was alone at a corner (in the very same bookshop) a few months back!!! What does HE want???"

But when that happened to sis, Dad was not too far away....

Help....

How can I get out of this? My sister was nowhere in sight (yes, she was somewhere in Kinokuniya too), and Dad was at Speedy's browsing VCDs....

I quickly flipped my cellphone open (it's 'clam-shell'), pretended to look at my inbox, mumbled that my Dad was waiting for me outside.....and hastenly walked out of the 'one-way' conversation......(he was still trying to exchange numbers with me!! Of all the nerve...)

Once I was at the exit, I made a dash to Petrosains entrance (which is opposite the bookshop, quite far away). Yes, I was THAT frightened, even though the incident was in public. And then there was sis.....what if that man get to her? *hyperventilating*

I tried calling her. Reception was so bad that she could not hear me at all. Dang! I SMSed, pleading her to get out of the bookshop immediately. Called Dad after that....and thank goodness the network was alright already.....

Boy, was I so relieved to see both of them a short while later. Was quite shaken after what happened.

Never had I felt so afraid before. I do not think I am never going to read/browse books alone at Kinokuniya anymore.....

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Hard to believe that I'm now sitting here blogging away, whilst my gums continue bleeding. In case you are wondering what is going on....I just returned from the dental clinic. Yeap, had my other two 1st premolars extracted at 0845....

Now I need to change my gauze(s) once more.......

Okay I'm done. *grins* Doc said I have to apply pressure on the wounds continuously for the next hour or so. That means changing the gauze every five minutes.

Still feeling numb from local anaesthetic. Definately a strange sensation - one just can't feel one's lips and surrounding muscles. Couldn't even contain water in my mouth at the moment.....was spilling it all over in the dentist's this morning while rinsing. Messy. Pretty comical too I guess. Me and my "dysfunctional fountain" *grins*

Ah well....looks like I need to study Mandarin now- I have a language test this afternoon. Pray my pronounciation and articulation are not compromised.....^^

And if you could just excuse me....I need to change my gauze (again). Heheh.

Have a nice day.....