Saturday, August 26, 2006
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Monday, August 21, 2006
Sunday, August 20, 2006
All your base are belong to us...
Narrator: In A.D. 2006, Web was beginning.
Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the journal.
Operator: We get signal.
Captain: What !
Operator: Main browser turn on.
Captain: It's you !!
CATS: How are you users !!
CATS: All your base are belong to Frank.
CATS: You are on the way to 404.
Captain: What you say !!
CATS: You have no chance to reach your page. Make your spelling correct.
CATS: Ha Ha Ha Ha ....Oh man. priceless.
for the uninitiated (every teen has to watch this. trust me!):
all your base are belong to us
and the history of AYB!
DnD 2006 coming up!
Just finished the End of Surgery posting test.
The test itself was horrible. totally wasn't prepared for the examiner's personal style - and as a result shot myself in the foot quite a bit. (should have followed him like a remora)
Things like a directed history or a directed physical examination were totally beyond me. wasn't sure of what to present or what not to... worse still was the physical examination.
given the relevant history, the prof asked me to examine the patient for the relevant physical signs. so, i disrobed the patient, stood to the edge of the bed and begun to describe his general demeanor. after about a minute, my examiner asked me in pointed tones, "why (are you) so hung up over the abdomen?" he also asked why i didn't check for a hernia, something i would have done moments later. all in all a very negative first impression.
then came the basic signs quizz: he started asking me about signs for anemia and dehydration. Because he kept jumping from place to place, i missed out things which would have otherwise been examined - whats worse, i never got the chance to as he immediately screwed me for my lack of completeness. terrible second impressions.
lastly, to go for the gold, he started quizzing me about a systolic bruit ascultated over the abdomen. in my already frustrated and panicked state, i said it was a systolic murmur... of which he gave me a puzzled look and said: "murmurs are found in the heart, does this look like the heart? what is it called?"
after an eternalty of about 10 seconds came my all too overdue answer: " sir, i have asuculated a systolic bruit over the umbilical region of mr x". a horrible third impression no less.
hai. and i studied so darn hard for the test too. thankfully the prof said i passed. so all is not lost.
the end of posting celebration was good though. my sincere thanks go out to wayne! happy birthday dude... best wishes! got royally owned at dota at all 3 games i played. talk about feeding!
3 - 8, 3 3 -7, 4 - 8. (all lost in the end.) *sigh* no killing spree fix there.
In other happier news, DnD 2006 is coming up! something to truly look forward to; despite the lack of seating which is really proving to be trying for our batch, i think its going to be a blast.
also, mr j and miss j have finally gotten attached. best wishes! haha may it last even longer than the chase.
heres to another 2 months in CGH general med. life goes on.
Monday, August 14, 2006
new links
Some people complained that they couldn't find the links to the float photo pages.
They are actually at the bottom right hand corner under the title of "photo pages" as with all future sets. enjoy!
also... heres a *big* link to the fmr1gene - as the writers have requested. haha.
http://fmr1gene.blogspot.com
Sunday, August 13, 2006
And We Win!
Oh Man! this is the first time in like 8 years we've won float perfomance again!
Congratulations and thanks must go out to all the float I/C's, the new M1s and all the xiao on M2s who put aside holidays and slack time to practise their dance moves or work on the float to a almost *psychotic* level of discipline. :)
my salutations go out to kenrick, ronnie, quan yao, alvin, amanda, david, yinghao, blanche-melvin (they're like one entity), serene, maha(boobs) ,the dancers (sorry we haven't been introduced) and the rest who had to slog too - you know who you are. heh.
we have something to show the world.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Happy 21st Birthday!
My special gift! a Flaming name!!!
thanks must go to sunder as well - who tried *unsuccessfully* to use sparklers to do the writing and who got burnt in the process. bleah. the things we get up to eh?
Friday, August 04, 2006
Time Check.
i haven't blogged in a bit. at least not the writing type of blog.
lifes been pretty decent with its ups and downs. still having roller coaster mood swings but then again its something ive gotten rather accustomed to. To all the people i consulted on the *issue*, thanks for the advice (really!).
Advice that, sadly, i'll promptly ignore. but still hey, its MY funeral and theres nothing sexier than a guy digging his own grave. haha. moving firmly on.
Clinics have become rather disjointed of late. mainly because either im not around or im slacking. I need some order in my life.
HPB posting practically never happened to me and i'll be trying to play catch-up in the next week or so. End of posting tests are looming ahead and ive barely gone through half of my surgery text. while, i'd happily admit that its probably about half as xiong as for our medical collegues (who are all mugging kumar and clark/ davinson in the library), its still xiong nevertheless. Have been organising and consolidating some of the information as part of my discussions with dawn but still i think i lack enough factual knowledge.
for example, i still haven't figured out the finer details to indications for performing X proceedures and its worrying me... try appendicitis for size: according to the textbooks, most appendicitis cases resolve spontaneously: medical management is to watch and wait whilst surgical management is take out the appendix.
indications for surgical management are peritonism which indicates perforation. Yet, i see perfectly classical, UN-perforated appendix cases being taken under the knife, where then does the forementioned medical management take place? i had a long discussion with my tutor who did give me a nice answer.
its an answer which to date, ive never seen in a textbook standard algorithm, mainly because of our own local practices which are a lot more aggressive given our good surgical success rates. subtle but important details which our tutors don't really point out unless you specifically ask.
Im very thankful in this respect for having dr jimmy so as my first tutor. He really pushed the point of making sure i knew the exact guidelines and indications for surgical intervention.
enough about clinics...
some general thoughts:
The M1 results have come back. Some really close people i tried to help didn't make it. and yes, its a depressive thought of having to endure another year in M1. Especially since, i thought they were more than qualified to make it to the next round. Still, please don't give up hope!
to A, Academics are NO indication for future medical performance. and, on another note, no one has the right to make you quit medicine. Oddly enough this even applies to the Dean. All you need is a wish to study and you'll make it though. i promise. anyway, Congratulations for Emily are in order. i was so worried that you viva-ed but hey. look whos laughing out the other side now? :)
Med float is underway and im really impressed by this years expertise in the hands of ronnie and quan yao! the construction is simply fabulous :) also, the huge number of M1 working on the float paints a really good picture for the future. There was a time when i was worried that the m2 batch would turn out like the current m4 batch, but then again, they've also pulled together after this years float. more things to be excited about. :)
Pirates of the carribean, which i finally watched on wednesday, was pretty cool. *plenty* of johnny depp, brilliant acting and special effects. the plot however took just a little too many leaps of faith and suspensions of belief that was all in all too surreal for my taste. The ending was rather anticlimatic too. Still, a better showing than Superman returns - which was only salvaged by a wonderful performance by rex luther. And to top it all off, I finally got my dinner at the Esplanade. Thanks to the great company even the lack of oyster omelette couldn't spoil my evening. heh. The guitar band was lovely. (think besame mucho!)
And to a very very special old old friend from medicine, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIYING! My CG mate, talk cock buddy, emotional foil, tutorial arranger and above all DAMN GOOD friend, here me wishing you all the very best ahead.
and as a small treat, a photo of us looking like idiots in the supply room! hah.
*grin*
pp.s we will go look for them again.
ppp.s or maybe i'll just go myself. lol.
ciao.
