it has been raining for the past few days.
it seems that the heaven is crying for those who died in the tsunami tragedy. mass grave all over with hundreds of thousand of body which consist of mainly children.
is this a punishment from above that it struck the poorest spirit on this earth?
is this a result of our own doing? pollution/greenhouse/ocean dumping?
is this truly a 'Natural disaster'?
god does not cry for no reason.....
for those who did not weap, please say a prayer for yourself at the last minute of your 2004, that we do not deserve to live than the victims, but we survive for no reason!
3...2...1...0 happy new year.
Friday, December 31, 2004
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
heard you guys in the West could all feel the aftershocks of the quakes.
Penang quite badly hit, who was on call that day? must have been hell.
Amazing what one quake could do, so many lost of lives in India and Sri Lanka, poor things. good thing Singapore was protected by Indonesia, else would have been submerged.
Actually, good thing for Sumatera, in between, otherwise damage and loss of lives in Malaysia would have been much heavier.
No news yet of Adeline...
Penang quite badly hit, who was on call that day? must have been hell.
Amazing what one quake could do, so many lost of lives in India and Sri Lanka, poor things. good thing Singapore was protected by Indonesia, else would have been submerged.
Actually, good thing for Sumatera, in between, otherwise damage and loss of lives in Malaysia would have been much heavier.
No news yet of Adeline...
hi, everybody.. it's me fr Sg Petani....
been quite awhile since my last blog, glad to hear everybody up and running,esp after the tsunami.
i'm now officially MO in ENT, but still din know much bout the running of the dept though..hehe.. ENT here quite free, most of the time the afternoon will b quite free,waiting to punch card and go home, that is if there's no emergency.. Guan Fook relishing his job as MO in eye too..but now he's to busy sunbathing in Sentosa,Singapore....hope the tsunami din affect him though..
Good luck and all the best to u all taking exams in Jan...i know u all can make it..
too bad this year end with so many people losing their lifes and homes.....wishing for a better,safer,prettier year ahead.....may the GOD bless all...
HAPPY NEW YEAR...
been quite awhile since my last blog, glad to hear everybody up and running,esp after the tsunami.
i'm now officially MO in ENT, but still din know much bout the running of the dept though..hehe.. ENT here quite free, most of the time the afternoon will b quite free,waiting to punch card and go home, that is if there's no emergency.. Guan Fook relishing his job as MO in eye too..but now he's to busy sunbathing in Sentosa,Singapore....hope the tsunami din affect him though..
Good luck and all the best to u all taking exams in Jan...i know u all can make it..
too bad this year end with so many people losing their lifes and homes.....wishing for a better,safer,prettier year ahead.....may the GOD bless all...
HAPPY NEW YEAR...
Monday, December 27, 2004
The damage is incredible. My skin is tingling.
The earthquake's after effects came without warning. Witnesses said sea waters at first retreated far out into the ocean, only to return at a vicious pace. Some regions reported a crashing wall of water 20 feet high.
"The water went back, back, back, so far away, and everyone wondered what it was. Then we saw the wave come, and we ran," said Katri Seppanen, who was in Thailand, on Phuket island's popular Patong beach.
Yahoo! News
The earthquake's after effects came without warning. Witnesses said sea waters at first retreated far out into the ocean, only to return at a vicious pace. Some regions reported a crashing wall of water 20 feet high.
"The water went back, back, back, so far away, and everyone wondered what it was. Then we saw the wave come, and we ran," said Katri Seppanen, who was in Thailand, on Phuket island's popular Patong beach.
Yahoo! News
Tsunami!
"She felt like the table rocking while sitting at her desk in A&E Alor Star. It was 9 am local time on Dec 27, 2004. Seow Voon quickly assume it must be the colleague sitting at the other end of the desk who was tapping her feet on the table. The colleague felt the rocking too. They stared at each other, their eyes saying 'hey, did you feel that?'. As soon as they began to realise that the whole floor is actually rocking, it ceased as abruptly as it commenced. She quickly dismissed the incident as she resumed her work."
That was Seow Voon's experience. I was in the OT which is on the first floor, busy with work, and did not notice anything. But the OT sister who was sitting at her desk (who has nothing much to do) felt some vibration, but nobody gave any attention to it.
How is it like in GH Penang/Ipoh? I read at the newspaper that Selayang hosp evacuated their wards.
Good thing we were protected by Sumatra.
The funny thing is that we can get more reports and visual footage from foreign news network like CNN and CNBC on thing happening in our own country compared to our own local news network.
P/S It must look like I am so free, can write on the blog so frequently.
"She felt like the table rocking while sitting at her desk in A&E Alor Star. It was 9 am local time on Dec 27, 2004. Seow Voon quickly assume it must be the colleague sitting at the other end of the desk who was tapping her feet on the table. The colleague felt the rocking too. They stared at each other, their eyes saying 'hey, did you feel that?'. As soon as they began to realise that the whole floor is actually rocking, it ceased as abruptly as it commenced. She quickly dismissed the incident as she resumed her work."
That was Seow Voon's experience. I was in the OT which is on the first floor, busy with work, and did not notice anything. But the OT sister who was sitting at her desk (who has nothing much to do) felt some vibration, but nobody gave any attention to it.
How is it like in GH Penang/Ipoh? I read at the newspaper that Selayang hosp evacuated their wards.
Good thing we were protected by Sumatra.
The funny thing is that we can get more reports and visual footage from foreign news network like CNN and CNBC on thing happening in our own country compared to our own local news network.
P/S It must look like I am so free, can write on the blog so frequently.
Sunday, December 26, 2004
Hi all!
Happy new year..year 2005...just 15 years away from our Vision 2020...cant you just remember those times where we have to 'study-and -pretend-to care' about Wawasan 2020 for SPM karangan and all....that was nearly 8 years ago guys!!!
Unable to watch Phantom of the Op...no CINEMA here!!!!
Time to visit my fav 3 for $10 dvd shop coming chinese new year...
To those taking mrcp/ch...yes...dun deny (there is a whole LOT of you out there)....GOOD LUCK!
As for de rest non-mrcp/ch- cluster /anomaly...join de club! time to make new year resolutions guys! mine is to quit making them (resolutions)
Ciao!
Happy new year..year 2005...just 15 years away from our Vision 2020...cant you just remember those times where we have to 'study-and -pretend-to care' about Wawasan 2020 for SPM karangan and all....that was nearly 8 years ago guys!!!
Unable to watch Phantom of the Op...no CINEMA here!!!!
Time to visit my fav 3 for $10 dvd shop coming chinese new year...
To those taking mrcp/ch...yes...dun deny (there is a whole LOT of you out there)....GOOD LUCK!
As for de rest non-mrcp/ch- cluster /anomaly...join de club! time to make new year resolutions guys! mine is to quit making them (resolutions)
Ciao!
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Merry Christmas everyone.
We went to Gurney Plaza, Penang (there is no decent cinema in ALor Star!) to watch Phantom of the Opera, and I find that it is a good adaptation of the original theater production. Musically, it stayed faithful to the original score, with some minor cut and paste which worked seamlessly.
Ok, spoilers ahead. You guys who haven't watch the movie, avert your gaze.
Here are some aspects which I liked most about this adaptation:
1. They were right to put the chandelier crash at the end as the climax. In the original production, the chandelier crashed just before intermission. (The chandelier crash is the mechanical hallmark of Phantom of the Opera musical). The chandelier 'rise' at the beginning of the show, giving color to the initially black and white screen, is also good.
2. The Phantom has a more foreboding, gothic and dark character. A movie obviously have more visual means to portray this compared to a theater. His masks look cool too. The aspect that the Phantom was born with facial deformities with history of being treated un-humanely during childhood is a new feature. In theater, the Phantom's origin is not explored, and it is left to the audience's imagination whether he is human or ghost, why is he deformed and why he came to haunt the opera house.
3. Christine's performance in "Think of Me"
Some aspects which I didn't like:
1. Christine's acting. Yeah, the young lady has amazing singing prowess, but her acting skills leave much to be desired. All she did throughout the movie was look dazed or confused.
2. The sword-fight part was another addition in the movie version. The illogical part is that, why did Raoul not capture the Phantom immediately after he defeated him, or at least tie him to a tree or something. Instead, they want to leave him there, and then the very next day, stage a complicated plan to capture the phantom in the opera house, his own domain. Sure, the director wants to make Raoul more macho by putting in a sordfight scene (in the original production, Raoul is a wimp), but at least make it look like Raoul defeated the Phantom, but somehow he manages to escape.
3. Phantom's performance in "Music of the Night". There were parts which he did not articulate well. Maybe I am biased, because I really think no one can beat Michael Crawford's (the original Phantom) rendition; and it is my favorite song of the show.
All in all, they did justice to Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical ingenuity. In the movie, it is clearer who is singing in which context, especially in complex intertwined songs like Prima Donna and Masquerade. In the theater, it is hard to catch who is singing where, when all the performers are on stage. I watched the movie on THX; and yet in the musical theater where the orchestra plays live, the real music is more 'surround' than the THX surround system.
Happy New Year y'all.
Yong
We went to Gurney Plaza, Penang (there is no decent cinema in ALor Star!) to watch Phantom of the Opera, and I find that it is a good adaptation of the original theater production. Musically, it stayed faithful to the original score, with some minor cut and paste which worked seamlessly.
Ok, spoilers ahead. You guys who haven't watch the movie, avert your gaze.
Here are some aspects which I liked most about this adaptation:
1. They were right to put the chandelier crash at the end as the climax. In the original production, the chandelier crashed just before intermission. (The chandelier crash is the mechanical hallmark of Phantom of the Opera musical). The chandelier 'rise' at the beginning of the show, giving color to the initially black and white screen, is also good.
2. The Phantom has a more foreboding, gothic and dark character. A movie obviously have more visual means to portray this compared to a theater. His masks look cool too. The aspect that the Phantom was born with facial deformities with history of being treated un-humanely during childhood is a new feature. In theater, the Phantom's origin is not explored, and it is left to the audience's imagination whether he is human or ghost, why is he deformed and why he came to haunt the opera house.
3. Christine's performance in "Think of Me"
Some aspects which I didn't like:
1. Christine's acting. Yeah, the young lady has amazing singing prowess, but her acting skills leave much to be desired. All she did throughout the movie was look dazed or confused.
2. The sword-fight part was another addition in the movie version. The illogical part is that, why did Raoul not capture the Phantom immediately after he defeated him, or at least tie him to a tree or something. Instead, they want to leave him there, and then the very next day, stage a complicated plan to capture the phantom in the opera house, his own domain. Sure, the director wants to make Raoul more macho by putting in a sordfight scene (in the original production, Raoul is a wimp), but at least make it look like Raoul defeated the Phantom, but somehow he manages to escape.
3. Phantom's performance in "Music of the Night". There were parts which he did not articulate well. Maybe I am biased, because I really think no one can beat Michael Crawford's (the original Phantom) rendition; and it is my favorite song of the show.
All in all, they did justice to Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical ingenuity. In the movie, it is clearer who is singing in which context, especially in complex intertwined songs like Prima Donna and Masquerade. In the theater, it is hard to catch who is singing where, when all the performers are on stage. I watched the movie on THX; and yet in the musical theater where the orchestra plays live, the real music is more 'surround' than the THX surround system.
Happy New Year y'all.
Yong
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Friday, December 17, 2004
Hi everyone. Just to update on what's been happening in Alor Star. We now have a new housemate since Guan Fook left for Sg Petani to do ophthalmology. Our new housemate also joined as Paeds MO. So all three of us in the house doing Paeds. Everyday come back at 7 pm but the good news is 5 calls a month and weekends off. Mong Tieng has also just started tagging as MO. My married colleagues encouraging me to play the social scene so that I can 'find somebody'. Anyway, just want to wish all those taking exam in January best of luck.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Great trip. No worries Lee Kien, you'll be back there before you know it.
Congratulations Aida. Come a long way since the time we sat in that smelly corner in Makmal Pelbagai Ilmu.
Sorry won't be able to attend your wedding. My parents got married on Christmas Day too. My family has this bundle of fun anniversary cum Christmas celebration each year. Presents and pies abound.
All I want to do this season is cut my wrist, and watch all the red stuff run down the sink.
Fairies and cupcakes to everyone.
Congratulations Aida. Come a long way since the time we sat in that smelly corner in Makmal Pelbagai Ilmu.
Sorry won't be able to attend your wedding. My parents got married on Christmas Day too. My family has this bundle of fun anniversary cum Christmas celebration each year. Presents and pies abound.
All I want to do this season is cut my wrist, and watch all the red stuff run down the sink.
Fairies and cupcakes to everyone.
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
We are back in Malaysia.
Hi everyone,
We just touched down at KLIA at 1pm today. We had a great time in California and Vegas.
We went to LA downtown, Chinatown LA and Hollywood on our first day. We went to the place with celebrity's hand print, and the 'Hollywood on the hill' sign. The Aviator was having it's premiere at a hall while we were there. We also watched Les Miserables at a theater in Hollywood. We got fantastic last minute front seats. It was my second watching this play. (Oh by the way, I can't wait to watch the movie version of Phantom.)
On day 2, we went to Santa Monica beach. There weren't any surfers because of winter, but there were skating, volleyball etc going on. Because Christmas is round the corner, there was a lot of sales going on. Levi's jeans are cheap in the States. A 501 costs about RM120. Other Levi's jeans costs RM80-150. Shoes like Nike, Converse, Skecher are cheaper too.
We spent day 3 studying and psyching up for the exam. We had our exam on day 4. The exam turned out to be less 'academic' than we thought. It actually focused more on communication skills, and all the PPD and DPHS stuff from med school. It will be about 2 months before the results will be out.
Day 5 was a fun-filled day at Universal Studios, where we had a go on all those rides e.g. Terminator 2, Back to the Future; and had a peek on movie production stuff.
We had a 3-day/2-night in Vegas. There were many hotel/casino with themes such as Paris, Aladdin, Excalibur, Luxor, Caesar's Palace, New York. Our Sunway pyramid may have been a ciplak of Luxor, a pyramid-styled hotel/casino.
Then we had two 'magical' days at Disneyland. That place really must be heaven for kids. It really kind of like lights up the child in you. That is amazing because after all the crap we get from work as HO/MO, I am surprised that I still have that little warm fuzzy innocent corner in my heart. We had a go on the rollercoaster stuffs, which were fun. We also watched stage musical version of Snow White and Aladdin there.
The expenses in the States is actually not expensive for their local people who earn US dollars. Well, for us, everything is 3.83 times more expensive. Their cars are really cheap. A brand new Honda Civic costs less than RM80,000. For the local people, that is less than US$30K. And the high school teachers in States earn about US$3000 a month.
The weather wasn't too bad when we were there, about 9-18 degrees Celcius. Most of the days were sunny with clear skies. But it gets dark at 5pm during winter. No snow in LA.
Now the fun is over, and it is time to go back to daily work.
Hi everyone,
We just touched down at KLIA at 1pm today. We had a great time in California and Vegas.
We went to LA downtown, Chinatown LA and Hollywood on our first day. We went to the place with celebrity's hand print, and the 'Hollywood on the hill' sign. The Aviator was having it's premiere at a hall while we were there. We also watched Les Miserables at a theater in Hollywood. We got fantastic last minute front seats. It was my second watching this play. (Oh by the way, I can't wait to watch the movie version of Phantom.)
On day 2, we went to Santa Monica beach. There weren't any surfers because of winter, but there were skating, volleyball etc going on. Because Christmas is round the corner, there was a lot of sales going on. Levi's jeans are cheap in the States. A 501 costs about RM120. Other Levi's jeans costs RM80-150. Shoes like Nike, Converse, Skecher are cheaper too.
We spent day 3 studying and psyching up for the exam. We had our exam on day 4. The exam turned out to be less 'academic' than we thought. It actually focused more on communication skills, and all the PPD and DPHS stuff from med school. It will be about 2 months before the results will be out.
Day 5 was a fun-filled day at Universal Studios, where we had a go on all those rides e.g. Terminator 2, Back to the Future; and had a peek on movie production stuff.
We had a 3-day/2-night in Vegas. There were many hotel/casino with themes such as Paris, Aladdin, Excalibur, Luxor, Caesar's Palace, New York. Our Sunway pyramid may have been a ciplak of Luxor, a pyramid-styled hotel/casino.
Then we had two 'magical' days at Disneyland. That place really must be heaven for kids. It really kind of like lights up the child in you. That is amazing because after all the crap we get from work as HO/MO, I am surprised that I still have that little warm fuzzy innocent corner in my heart. We had a go on the rollercoaster stuffs, which were fun. We also watched stage musical version of Snow White and Aladdin there.
The expenses in the States is actually not expensive for their local people who earn US dollars. Well, for us, everything is 3.83 times more expensive. Their cars are really cheap. A brand new Honda Civic costs less than RM80,000. For the local people, that is less than US$30K. And the high school teachers in States earn about US$3000 a month.
The weather wasn't too bad when we were there, about 9-18 degrees Celcius. Most of the days were sunny with clear skies. But it gets dark at 5pm during winter. No snow in LA.
Now the fun is over, and it is time to go back to daily work.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Sunday, November 21, 2004
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Hi everyone,
I am attaching the map to the restaurant here. Please refer to my earlier blog for written directions. Please note that the museum is actually after the first traffic light from the toll, not the second one as I wrote earlier. The restaurant is at the big arrow at the top left corner of the map, I forgot to label it before I upload the picture.
If you cant view the above map, please copy this address to your browser: http://www.pbase.com/image/36554580/medium
I have also attached one of our wedding photos here:
If you cant view the above photo, please go to http://www.pbase.com/image/36554624/medium
Thank you to all you guys for taking time off to come to our wedding. See you at Restoran Min Kok, Sunday November 21st, 1pm.
My number is 012-2525786 or 06-7624892.
I am attaching the map to the restaurant here. Please refer to my earlier blog for written directions. Please note that the museum is actually after the first traffic light from the toll, not the second one as I wrote earlier. The restaurant is at the big arrow at the top left corner of the map, I forgot to label it before I upload the picture.
If you cant view the above map, please copy this address to your browser: http://www.pbase.com/image/36554580/medium
I have also attached one of our wedding photos here:
If you cant view the above photo, please go to http://www.pbase.com/image/36554624/medium
Thank you to all you guys for taking time off to come to our wedding. See you at Restoran Min Kok, Sunday November 21st, 1pm.
My number is 012-2525786 or 06-7624892.
Lee Kien and Seow Voon- Congratulations!I'm sorry I can't make it to the banquet.I am reporting to a new posting on 22/11 and have to be back in ipoh on 21/11.There are some arrangements to be made.All the very best to both of you.
Adeline- sorry to hear you have to cover for the long holidays.you are always gonna have to cover some other's ass which is actually not worth covering. fact of life. was actually in manjung two days ago...sorry didn't have time to meet up. catch u some other time.send my regards to seng kiat.
Adeline- sorry to hear you have to cover for the long holidays.you are always gonna have to cover some other's ass which is actually not worth covering. fact of life. was actually in manjung two days ago...sorry didn't have time to meet up. catch u some other time.send my regards to seng kiat.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
hi ppl,
it's me, adeline, pretending to be carren.
lee kian n seow voon, congrats but sorry cant make it. have to do weekend call to cover for some !@#$#$ person(most junior mo in paeds!) taking total 9 days off for raya (3 leave n 6 public holiday joined up, the NERVE!!!)
so how's everyone, bet all of you were on call during raya right? me too. so relieved it's over. anyone watched incredibles yet? i just bought the vcd today, watching tonight.
i'm still in paeds. yeah already 5 months + 2 days today, they held me over to become slave for raya. going to ortho next but here its a combined posting with surgical so u see both types of cases on call. no joke. think being too long in paeds have given me a phobia of seeing n examining n managing adult patients. they seem so big n relatively dirty n smelly cpd to babies.
ok, ppl bugging me to get off the comp.
so see u guys later!
it's me, adeline, pretending to be carren.
lee kian n seow voon, congrats but sorry cant make it. have to do weekend call to cover for some !@#$#$ person(most junior mo in paeds!) taking total 9 days off for raya (3 leave n 6 public holiday joined up, the NERVE!!!)
so how's everyone, bet all of you were on call during raya right? me too. so relieved it's over. anyone watched incredibles yet? i just bought the vcd today, watching tonight.
i'm still in paeds. yeah already 5 months + 2 days today, they held me over to become slave for raya. going to ortho next but here its a combined posting with surgical so u see both types of cases on call. no joke. think being too long in paeds have given me a phobia of seeing n examining n managing adult patients. they seem so big n relatively dirty n smelly cpd to babies.
ok, ppl bugging me to get off the comp.
so see u guys later!
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Lee Kien,
Attaching pictures is a sticky issue...
First have to find a server where u can load your pic into then see if that server allows you to link and show the photo on the blog...
Probably easier if u upload the photo into some Yahoo! photos or similar services, and then link the URL address on the page so people can click and go to the page... er... understand? ask again if any doubt
Should be able to make it to your Seremban wedding, in the midst of twisting a few arms to get the short break over the weekend i need.
hmmm... i do need a ride from KL to Seremban... any offers?
Ciao, will keep in touch
Congrats Chun Wearn for passing Part 1
Attaching pictures is a sticky issue...
First have to find a server where u can load your pic into then see if that server allows you to link and show the photo on the blog...
Probably easier if u upload the photo into some Yahoo! photos or similar services, and then link the URL address on the page so people can click and go to the page... er... understand? ask again if any doubt
Should be able to make it to your Seremban wedding, in the midst of twisting a few arms to get the short break over the weekend i need.
hmmm... i do need a ride from KL to Seremban... any offers?
Ciao, will keep in touch
Congrats Chun Wearn for passing Part 1
Monday, November 08, 2004
Hi everyone,
Please come to our wedding banquet on the November 21st, 2004 at 1pm. It will be at Restoran Min Kok, No 7645, Lot 5990, Jalan Labu Lama, Seremban. Please contact me at 012-2525786 to confirm. To you guys who have given me the RSVP via sms, thanks for making yourself available and we look forward to see you.
I will be scanning the map of the restaurant on to this blog.
Meanwhile, here are the directions to the restaurant.
From Seremban toll (first Seremban exit from KL/third Seremban exit from JB):
1. Pay the toll and turn left immediately
2. Pass two traffic lights. You should see the museum (some minangkabau building) on the right as you go up hill.
3. You will pass a Shell as you approach the third traffic light. Turn left at this third traffic light.
4. Soon, take the second turning to the right. (This second turning may look more like a fork than a turning proper). You should see the signboard at this turning.
5. The restaurant is on your left once you enter that second turning.
From Seremban Hospital:
1. Go as if you are going towards the highway, pass Terminal One and go up hill.
2. Turn right at the traffic light (the third traffic light from toll as described above). The Teratak Sirih thing is on your right.
3. Follow instructions 4 and 5 above.
My house number is 06-7624892.
This is going to be a hectic month for both of us. I am beginning to start solo Anesth calls during this festive season. There are only two non-Malay MOs in the dept. Our parents are organizing (and worrying about) our wedding more than us. We are flying to LA for our clinical exam on Dec 1st. Will be staying there for 12 days, looking forward to tour California and Vegas.
See you guys.
Please come to our wedding banquet on the November 21st, 2004 at 1pm. It will be at Restoran Min Kok, No 7645, Lot 5990, Jalan Labu Lama, Seremban. Please contact me at 012-2525786 to confirm. To you guys who have given me the RSVP via sms, thanks for making yourself available and we look forward to see you.
I will be scanning the map of the restaurant on to this blog.
Meanwhile, here are the directions to the restaurant.
From Seremban toll (first Seremban exit from KL/third Seremban exit from JB):
1. Pay the toll and turn left immediately
2. Pass two traffic lights. You should see the museum (some minangkabau building) on the right as you go up hill.
3. You will pass a Shell as you approach the third traffic light. Turn left at this third traffic light.
4. Soon, take the second turning to the right. (This second turning may look more like a fork than a turning proper). You should see the signboard at this turning.
5. The restaurant is on your left once you enter that second turning.
From Seremban Hospital:
1. Go as if you are going towards the highway, pass Terminal One and go up hill.
2. Turn right at the traffic light (the third traffic light from toll as described above). The Teratak Sirih thing is on your right.
3. Follow instructions 4 and 5 above.
My house number is 06-7624892.
This is going to be a hectic month for both of us. I am beginning to start solo Anesth calls during this festive season. There are only two non-Malay MOs in the dept. Our parents are organizing (and worrying about) our wedding more than us. We are flying to LA for our clinical exam on Dec 1st. Will be staying there for 12 days, looking forward to tour California and Vegas.
See you guys.
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Kai Inn and Yee Ling: Delighted that both of you can come. Will post up the exact time and location with map on this website. It will be a lunch at 1pm.
All you guys, if you can make it please come to our wedding banquets on 18th Nov 7pm in Alor Setar; or 21st Nov 1pm in Seremban. Watch this site for exact location.
All you guys, if you can make it please come to our wedding banquets on 18th Nov 7pm in Alor Setar; or 21st Nov 1pm in Seremban. Watch this site for exact location.
I am an abomination, not because of who I am, but because of what you have done to me. I am the sum of your prejudices, a monster of your making. Now I wield the very force which you set into motion, the hatred to which you yourself gave birth. I will cause the world to burn, but remember, it was you who lit the flame in the first place.
Apocalypse, The Seven Seas
Apocalypse, The Seven Seas
Thursday, October 21, 2004
hi,
most of us in JB now are doing Ortho and i can't wait to join them ( except yeeling an rosman)
since i refused to take up MO call and the medical dept still insist on keeping me, i was send to the first class ward which is up the hill and totally isolated. i only have 2-3 patients and i basically work for 8-9am~1 hour that's it! sleeping, chitchat with nurses and patients and most of the time hanging around in library with internet. there is no acutely ill patient. ha ha. heaven man! but only for 2 weeks then i will join ortho with the rest of them.
most of us in JB now are doing Ortho and i can't wait to join them ( except yeeling an rosman)
since i refused to take up MO call and the medical dept still insist on keeping me, i was send to the first class ward which is up the hill and totally isolated. i only have 2-3 patients and i basically work for 8-9am~1 hour that's it! sleeping, chitchat with nurses and patients and most of the time hanging around in library with internet. there is no acutely ill patient. ha ha. heaven man! but only for 2 weeks then i will join ortho with the rest of them.
Monday, October 11, 2004
hi guys
updating from keningau
just visited Rachel in Sook - a remote place where she is incharge (big boss) of klinik kesihatan - chairing meetings etc. It's 30 minuts drive from keningau. We were celebrating her birthday - her staff so cool - bbq and cook most if not all the food. But - if i were in her position,i'd be bored to death. She's tough man - dun play play - staying in a banglo - which her staff openly says is haunted - all by herself. She has a cute playful dog though to keep herself company and a supercool mum who comes all the way from kk nearly every week.
here in keningau hospital - very tense setting between interdepartment specialist - not very good working atmosphere.
ok ciao for now.
updating from keningau
just visited Rachel in Sook - a remote place where she is incharge (big boss) of klinik kesihatan - chairing meetings etc. It's 30 minuts drive from keningau. We were celebrating her birthday - her staff so cool - bbq and cook most if not all the food. But - if i were in her position,i'd be bored to death. She's tough man - dun play play - staying in a banglo - which her staff openly says is haunted - all by herself. She has a cute playful dog though to keep herself company and a supercool mum who comes all the way from kk nearly every week.
here in keningau hospital - very tense setting between interdepartment specialist - not very good working atmosphere.
ok ciao for now.
Friday, October 01, 2004
Hi Adeline, long time haven't heard from you. Yeah, the IVD technique sometimes works. When I was in casualty and sometimes when I had patients who were not ill enough to be admitted but they look at me funny when I don't do anything for them, I give them an IV drip. Quite a number feel better after the drip and don't mind being discharged. Well, as long as it doesn't harm them.
I guess a lot of us are at the point where we have to make decisions and take actions concerning our future. Some of us are sure what we want to do while some of us have not made up our mind yet. For a few weeks I was quite confused as well. Anyway, I think whatever we do, whether it is against our will or not, there is always something to learn from the experience. Good luck to everyone.
I guess a lot of us are at the point where we have to make decisions and take actions concerning our future. Some of us are sure what we want to do while some of us have not made up our mind yet. For a few weeks I was quite confused as well. Anyway, I think whatever we do, whether it is against our will or not, there is always something to learn from the experience. Good luck to everyone.
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Friday, September 24, 2004
The real carren: please inform me if they are starting a ent dept.
Also, my friend recently went to jab hasil in seremban, and after much tapping of the calculator, it seems based on our EC form (which we must bring there before we buka file) we don qualify to pay taxes yet. we have to wait for the next EC form which comes in Jan 2005. Thus, more money for us this year!!! I think....
Also, does anyone know about the APC? I called KL to find out more but it seems that our TPC is still valid and we have to be confirmed first. Can anyone validate my info?
Also, my friend recently went to jab hasil in seremban, and after much tapping of the calculator, it seems based on our EC form (which we must bring there before we buka file) we don qualify to pay taxes yet. we have to wait for the next EC form which comes in Jan 2005. Thus, more money for us this year!!! I think....
Also, does anyone know about the APC? I called KL to find out more but it seems that our TPC is still valid and we have to be confirmed first. Can anyone validate my info?
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
hi there, adeline here, not carren (ya, she forced me to admit this if i used her password ;P)
i'm now in manjung (hosp seri manjung). it's kinda near lumut and sitiawan. nearer ipoh than teluk intan was, so that's one plus point. apparently less patients but also disproportionately less doctors, sigh.....
i'm currently MO plus HO cos the whole hosp only got 2 HO. yup that's right n apparently ipoh has 20 HO in paeds alone (one to set line, one to hold the pt, one to fill the forms --- n doing 4 calls per month ---- this told by my specialist). on leave now, managed to trick my boss. dunno what to say regarding dr situation here. we look like we got 4 mo in paeds but one is extremely pregnant n not doing calls n will soon go for maternity n breast feeding and what have u leaves. one thing bout district hosp is that u end up doing hell lot of calls (weekends included) n u do it all alone---- yucks.
ok good things bout manjung. nurses help us a lot. i think we cant do solo call without them. all the blood taking n line setting they try to do for u, i mean for the kids. but babies u gotta do urself most of the time. paeds ward nurses here are nice. i like them. bosses n senior mo's also nice. n i start work at 8am. (yay! no more waking up at 6am to go to work!)
i'll be going to ortho next month. somehow, hospitals other than ipoh hosp in perak are all in confusion. we dunno how long is each rotation for each posting for us, n neither do our boss n pengarah know anything.
everyone surely thinks that one of the advantages of being in district are that the patients are less fussy n nicer right? ----Wrong! Manjung fellas are real smart a** n they love the IV drip. trust me, even the granma would demand IV drip for AGE patient taking orally well n not dehydrated. i think the people here are propagating some gossip regarding the healing powers of our lovely NS. sometimes we just start a slow iv to shut them up as we are too busy to argue. this results in a ward full of IVD kids who are well enuff to walk around cheerily pushing the drip stands along. luckily my boss more than knows this certain peculiarity among the people in this region n never questions the un needed IVD.
apparently chun wearn is coming to manjung too. khairul is already in ortho here. anyone else keen? it's a specialist hospital n we're short. welcome all he he he (evil laughter). till next faraway time. bye n take care guys.
i'm now in manjung (hosp seri manjung). it's kinda near lumut and sitiawan. nearer ipoh than teluk intan was, so that's one plus point. apparently less patients but also disproportionately less doctors, sigh.....
i'm currently MO plus HO cos the whole hosp only got 2 HO. yup that's right n apparently ipoh has 20 HO in paeds alone (one to set line, one to hold the pt, one to fill the forms --- n doing 4 calls per month ---- this told by my specialist). on leave now, managed to trick my boss. dunno what to say regarding dr situation here. we look like we got 4 mo in paeds but one is extremely pregnant n not doing calls n will soon go for maternity n breast feeding and what have u leaves. one thing bout district hosp is that u end up doing hell lot of calls (weekends included) n u do it all alone---- yucks.
ok good things bout manjung. nurses help us a lot. i think we cant do solo call without them. all the blood taking n line setting they try to do for u, i mean for the kids. but babies u gotta do urself most of the time. paeds ward nurses here are nice. i like them. bosses n senior mo's also nice. n i start work at 8am. (yay! no more waking up at 6am to go to work!)
i'll be going to ortho next month. somehow, hospitals other than ipoh hosp in perak are all in confusion. we dunno how long is each rotation for each posting for us, n neither do our boss n pengarah know anything.
everyone surely thinks that one of the advantages of being in district are that the patients are less fussy n nicer right? ----Wrong! Manjung fellas are real smart a** n they love the IV drip. trust me, even the granma would demand IV drip for AGE patient taking orally well n not dehydrated. i think the people here are propagating some gossip regarding the healing powers of our lovely NS. sometimes we just start a slow iv to shut them up as we are too busy to argue. this results in a ward full of IVD kids who are well enuff to walk around cheerily pushing the drip stands along. luckily my boss more than knows this certain peculiarity among the people in this region n never questions the un needed IVD.
apparently chun wearn is coming to manjung too. khairul is already in ortho here. anyone else keen? it's a specialist hospital n we're short. welcome all he he he (evil laughter). till next faraway time. bye n take care guys.
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Will become permanent M.O. in anesth.
Hi,
Being casualty MO is kind of fun. You just work the shifts, you see fresh presentations (which is good for sharpening diagnostic skills), and there is no chronic stuff to follow up. The boring things are URTIs at 2am, somatization disorder patients; and really tenat old people that you dont know what is wrong with and dont know which dept to refer to.
I have requested to be permanent in Anest and it is approved. I will go back to air-cond rooms on October 1st. The anesth dept here really takes care of it's MOs. There are only 4-5 calls a month, we get postcall day off, and Day 2 postcall pm shift. Nope, I dont plan to be an anesthetist, just want the extra time to study. Plus being a permanent MO in any dept will also mean that Seow Voon and I will not be transferred to the peripheries.
By the way, Mong Tieng will be transferred to Alor Setar in October to do Peds.
Hi,
Being casualty MO is kind of fun. You just work the shifts, you see fresh presentations (which is good for sharpening diagnostic skills), and there is no chronic stuff to follow up. The boring things are URTIs at 2am, somatization disorder patients; and really tenat old people that you dont know what is wrong with and dont know which dept to refer to.
I have requested to be permanent in Anest and it is approved. I will go back to air-cond rooms on October 1st. The anesth dept here really takes care of it's MOs. There are only 4-5 calls a month, we get postcall day off, and Day 2 postcall pm shift. Nope, I dont plan to be an anesthetist, just want the extra time to study. Plus being a permanent MO in any dept will also mean that Seow Voon and I will not be transferred to the peripheries.
By the way, Mong Tieng will be transferred to Alor Setar in October to do Peds.
Saturday, September 18, 2004
hey man, what about me being a MO morning and HO in the night. have to cover the whole cardiac ward and CCU all alone. there were a HO and MO last time but but now i have to do both the donkey jobs with my cardiologist wagging their tail at the clinic and rest room. still have to do HO's call like other HOs.
i enjoy working in CCU with the air-con and better nurse/patient ratio and good opportunity to keep staying in cardiology line, but like most of us still uncertain about our real liking. been thinking to join anaesthesiology... we are living in this place with little control of my future? so far to go and yet so little sured path to take. is this what we want when we applied for our medical school 6 yrs ago?
i enjoy working in CCU with the air-con and better nurse/patient ratio and good opportunity to keep staying in cardiology line, but like most of us still uncertain about our real liking. been thinking to join anaesthesiology... we are living in this place with little control of my future? so far to go and yet so little sured path to take. is this what we want when we applied for our medical school 6 yrs ago?
dun worry, totally understand the re-transition to HO. this had been the sweetest 4months, had my own room, own desk, own nurse, n even with air con.....drug reps treat u like king, patients tot look at u with awe, n for once, felt like a doctor...but all these gonna end soon.. wil b goin to medical too........
hell.
hell.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Friday, September 03, 2004
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
happy national day everybody!
going back home mid-september!
yippee-cant wait...away from work, frustations of explaining to patients over and over again y they need urgent OGDS while they stubbornly want to berubat kampung and fresh-melena-ing away...sigh...de practice of medicine is so frustating....forget about communication skills...
going back home mid-september!
yippee-cant wait...away from work, frustations of explaining to patients over and over again y they need urgent OGDS while they stubbornly want to berubat kampung and fresh-melena-ing away...sigh...de practice of medicine is so frustating....forget about communication skills...
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Am rotating to casualty.
Hi guys again,
Am finishing my paradise posting in Anesth and will go to Casualty next month. Being an MO is so much different from a HO. I seriously believe that HOs does 70% of all clinical work in the hospital.
I have been buying some books on-line, and it is a good alternative compared to going all the way to Kamal bookstore and having to bear with their 'arrogance'. (Don't you think that they can be quite 'action' sometimes, thinking that they have the largest selection of medical books in Malaysia). I suggest that you check out e-bay for medical books before buying from established sites like amazon.com. A lot of people worldwide who have passed their MRCP etc sell their books on-line, and may throw in some of their own past year questions/notes/shortcase vcd etc into the deal.
Anybody want to share PDA medical programs? I got Harrison, Nelson, Current Medical and Washington manual and BNF.
Hi guys again,
Am finishing my paradise posting in Anesth and will go to Casualty next month. Being an MO is so much different from a HO. I seriously believe that HOs does 70% of all clinical work in the hospital.
I have been buying some books on-line, and it is a good alternative compared to going all the way to Kamal bookstore and having to bear with their 'arrogance'. (Don't you think that they can be quite 'action' sometimes, thinking that they have the largest selection of medical books in Malaysia). I suggest that you check out e-bay for medical books before buying from established sites like amazon.com. A lot of people worldwide who have passed their MRCP etc sell their books on-line, and may throw in some of their own past year questions/notes/shortcase vcd etc into the deal.
Anybody want to share PDA medical programs? I got Harrison, Nelson, Current Medical and Washington manual and BNF.
Saturday, August 28, 2004
Hullo, everybody.
Ju Ann: Happy belated birthday to Ju Ann! Alan had rather we gotten you the "Honk if you are Horny" bear. I thought you would rather have a peaceful drive back home.
Wen Jih: You are not the only financially deprived MO. Cheer up, maybe someday we'll meet up for cheap chinese tea!
Others: Keep up the good work. To those who hate their posting - only 1 1/2 months left. To those who love their posting - Damn it. but there are ways to get extended. Be creative!
Ciao!
Ju Ann: Happy belated birthday to Ju Ann! Alan had rather we gotten you the "Honk if you are Horny" bear. I thought you would rather have a peaceful drive back home.
Wen Jih: You are not the only financially deprived MO. Cheer up, maybe someday we'll meet up for cheap chinese tea!
Others: Keep up the good work. To those who hate their posting - only 1 1/2 months left. To those who love their posting - Damn it. but there are ways to get extended. Be creative!
Ciao!
Friday, August 27, 2004
wah, such a long time. how is everybody everywhere?
damn busy caught up myself as a daytime MO but doing HO's call in medical posting. great responbility but get to bury the new houseman. ha ha.
oh, Azam has joined us in JB. feel happy for Hani. life is still almost the same, thinking to join anaest soon but still need to complete 5 posting. yeeling is fine as well, thinking to take up O+G! great challange.
take care everybody. enjoy what ever you are doing.
tony: don't worry many still doing HO job lah
wen jie: show us your hairy beard! how is your saudi trip
any news from roddy!
damn busy caught up myself as a daytime MO but doing HO's call in medical posting. great responbility but get to bury the new houseman. ha ha.
oh, Azam has joined us in JB. feel happy for Hani. life is still almost the same, thinking to join anaest soon but still need to complete 5 posting. yeeling is fine as well, thinking to take up O+G! great challange.
take care everybody. enjoy what ever you are doing.
tony: don't worry many still doing HO job lah
wen jie: show us your hairy beard! how is your saudi trip
any news from roddy!
Thursday, August 19, 2004
Am sitting in air-conditioned rooms, listening sleepily to beeps and soft Mix.fm.
Hi guys,
Am in Anesth, and not having to do calls for the entire month. Tagging up to 11pm every two days. Glad that I am in the league of 'ppl in lepak postings'. Wonder who will become M.O. rehab Medicine.
We changed our hp numbers. Registered line is way too expensive, back to prepaid now. Yong: 0122525786, Seow Voon: 0124005799.
WenJih: That WAS the ultimate 'accompany patient' trip. Why did the patient need to go to Saudi so urgently? Any terrorist encounter?
Yong
Hi guys,
Am in Anesth, and not having to do calls for the entire month. Tagging up to 11pm every two days. Glad that I am in the league of 'ppl in lepak postings'. Wonder who will become M.O. rehab Medicine.
We changed our hp numbers. Registered line is way too expensive, back to prepaid now. Yong: 0122525786, Seow Voon: 0124005799.
WenJih: That WAS the ultimate 'accompany patient' trip. Why did the patient need to go to Saudi so urgently? Any terrorist encounter?
Yong
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Hello... Damn mycroft get to travel all the way to Saudi... should have taken longer leave la my friend, visit the middle eastern countries, learn the culture, savour the moment, grow a beard and join the al-Qaeda movement.
Anyway, we are now in Keningau Hospital, settling in quite nicely, lepak life. Tony still in KK coz he has to complete all 5 postings before going off to Kuala Penyu, where he will spend his by then idle days watching fish and eating prawns. Chee Chan going to the tip of Borneo, heard its a beautiful place but haven't been there myself. waiting for him to settle in before visiting.
Seok Hong, the next MRCPCH Part I is in January next year, should have one in Malaysia unless they cancel it again like last year due to the CNY holidays. No problems getting Internet connection here... actually got Streamyx la
Anyway, we are now in Keningau Hospital, settling in quite nicely, lepak life. Tony still in KK coz he has to complete all 5 postings before going off to Kuala Penyu, where he will spend his by then idle days watching fish and eating prawns. Chee Chan going to the tip of Borneo, heard its a beautiful place but haven't been there myself. waiting for him to settle in before visiting.
Seok Hong, the next MRCPCH Part I is in January next year, should have one in Malaysia unless they cancel it again like last year due to the CNY holidays. No problems getting Internet connection here... actually got Streamyx la
Sunday, August 15, 2004
......so, how am i enjoying psychiatry? jsut a word. enjoy. but not to stay on yet. really wan to complete everything before deciding.. well, tis is lifetime, for crying out loud...
anyway. i just came back from the ulitmate patient escort service...just came back from escorting a depressive pt to saudi arabia.. on a paid 3 days trip.....dun envy....
anyway. i just came back from the ulitmate patient escort service...just came back from escorting a depressive pt to saudi arabia.. on a paid 3 days trip.....dun envy....
Friday, August 13, 2004
Sob! Sob! Ive said goodbye to my idle days in casualty. It's back to clerking cases, taking blood, setting lines, on calls with minimal sleep.
Is it possible that those who are now in district have difficulty with internet access and so that is why we haven't heard from them since they went?
Mycroft: How's psychiatry? Are you considering staying on?
Tony: How come you haven't left yet? And what has happened to our friend Chee Chan?
Penang people (I mean, those working in Penang GH): What's the latest news about you all? Do you all get to stay for 5 major postings or is anyone being sent out?
Is it possible that those who are now in district have difficulty with internet access and so that is why we haven't heard from them since they went?
Mycroft: How's psychiatry? Are you considering staying on?
Tony: How come you haven't left yet? And what has happened to our friend Chee Chan?
Penang people (I mean, those working in Penang GH): What's the latest news about you all? Do you all get to stay for 5 major postings or is anyone being sent out?
Monday, August 09, 2004
Sunday, August 08, 2004
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Am going to Anesth next week.
Hi guys.
I have finally finished my third posting in Medicine. I had to repeat the posting because of my transfer to Hosp ASetar. Looking forward to sitting in an air-cond room listening to beeping machines. Maybe I will have more time to read.
The head of department medicine in Alor setar is a FUCKING OBESE HORNY MIANG OLD COCK. The expletives are an understatement. He is a hypocrite, superficial, all-talk-and-no-skills, grandiose asshole. He uses his postition to take advantage to interact more with female housemen. He gives them extra teaching sessions to be closer to them. As for guys, he doesnt even take a second glance. Heard rumors that he used to sms love messages and buy gifts for cute housemen, was reported and a tribunal was set up to judge him. He is probably much toned down now. Since Seow Voon has joined medicine, he has been giving her these 'extra teaching sessions'. He better watch himself, otherwise he will see what I am capable of.
Seow Voon and I are getting married on Nov 21st. All you guys are invited. Will contact each of you some time soon for confirmation.
We are also going to the States end of the year for the clinical skills exam, probably L.A. It will cost us a large amount of money, hope it will be worth it.
Hi guys.
I have finally finished my third posting in Medicine. I had to repeat the posting because of my transfer to Hosp ASetar. Looking forward to sitting in an air-cond room listening to beeping machines. Maybe I will have more time to read.
The head of department medicine in Alor setar is a FUCKING OBESE HORNY MIANG OLD COCK. The expletives are an understatement. He is a hypocrite, superficial, all-talk-and-no-skills, grandiose asshole. He uses his postition to take advantage to interact more with female housemen. He gives them extra teaching sessions to be closer to them. As for guys, he doesnt even take a second glance. Heard rumors that he used to sms love messages and buy gifts for cute housemen, was reported and a tribunal was set up to judge him. He is probably much toned down now. Since Seow Voon has joined medicine, he has been giving her these 'extra teaching sessions'. He better watch himself, otherwise he will see what I am capable of.
Seow Voon and I are getting married on Nov 21st. All you guys are invited. Will contact each of you some time soon for confirmation.
We are also going to the States end of the year for the clinical skills exam, probably L.A. It will cost us a large amount of money, hope it will be worth it.
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Hi, everybody..
Greetings from Sg. Petani Hosp. It's really refreshing to hear that everybody is enjoying their life so much now. Too bad that i was not able to meet some of u during our one of HO-ship hols and VE's wedding dinner. Really miss all of u out there.
As SH had mentioned, i'v been posted to Sg Petani. The hospital ground here is really old and spreand out like the Banting one. But the NEW hosp is really impressive, complete wif quarters for specialists, MOs and HOs. But the problem is, dunno when can move in. Heard the Pengarah said that the earliest will be end of this year.
Am doing Ortho now. Ortho here is heaven compare to Alor Star. Basically, everyday after round (if not clinic day), just do discharges, fill forms (v dun hav to take blood or do dressing here), wait for new case to come (normally less then 5 per day) and wait for 4.15pm (to punch out). But the not so good part is that i hav 12 calls this month!! Well, since can claim RM75-113, dun care so much lah.
At least living here is not so boring, hav GSC...can watch cinema liau...
Actually now i'm oncall,passive (OT) call, but can stay at home..hehe..
Hav internet connection here, so can expect me to pop up quite often now...
C U guys and gals...
Greetings from Sg. Petani Hosp. It's really refreshing to hear that everybody is enjoying their life so much now. Too bad that i was not able to meet some of u during our one of HO-ship hols and VE's wedding dinner. Really miss all of u out there.
As SH had mentioned, i'v been posted to Sg Petani. The hospital ground here is really old and spreand out like the Banting one. But the NEW hosp is really impressive, complete wif quarters for specialists, MOs and HOs. But the problem is, dunno when can move in. Heard the Pengarah said that the earliest will be end of this year.
Am doing Ortho now. Ortho here is heaven compare to Alor Star. Basically, everyday after round (if not clinic day), just do discharges, fill forms (v dun hav to take blood or do dressing here), wait for new case to come (normally less then 5 per day) and wait for 4.15pm (to punch out). But the not so good part is that i hav 12 calls this month!! Well, since can claim RM75-113, dun care so much lah.
At least living here is not so boring, hav GSC...can watch cinema liau...
Actually now i'm oncall,passive (OT) call, but can stay at home..hehe..
Hav internet connection here, so can expect me to pop up quite often now...
C U guys and gals...
Friday, July 09, 2004
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Glad to hear the Seremban people are having fun after one year in hell.
Most of us in KK here are just doing some attachments in major postings before being sent out to district.
Chiewleng and I just found out yesterday that we were suppose to report into Keningau TODAY! our office in KK screwed up and actually gave us attachment in Medicine here for 4 months when we were supposed to be attached in Keningau.
So with everything so last minute, we have to scramble, pack, settle stuff before leaving off and leaving Kalis all alone for a month.
Cheerio guys. will contact from keningau
Most of us in KK here are just doing some attachments in major postings before being sent out to district.
Chiewleng and I just found out yesterday that we were suppose to report into Keningau TODAY! our office in KK screwed up and actually gave us attachment in Medicine here for 4 months when we were supposed to be attached in Keningau.
So with everything so last minute, we have to scramble, pack, settle stuff before leaving off and leaving Kalis all alone for a month.
Cheerio guys. will contact from keningau
Monday, June 28, 2004
hi, everybody. so long time that i hav not entered this site, and forgotten my password.. ops.. coz
now life has been so relaxing and lepaking.. that's why got time to visit wen jih and go on line.. yeah..
most ppl will be wondering what i am doing everyday as a so called bld bank mo. basically nothing..hehe.. true enough, my job everyday is to see what and where for lunch and to go home at 430..
anyway, seeing slides really spin my brain down, and answering calls for bld request makes me feel like an telephone operator...
but.. this is the only time me and carren can sit together watching tv, thinking what to cook or where to go for dinner. and even decorating our porch.(ha, actually carren finally able to save a plant which has been neglected for 8 months...
wen jih is complaining me using up his internet time, sorry , hav to stop now... haha.. sorry boss, know today is ur birthday, may u have a great year ahead !
bye to everybody and remember: to enjoy life after 1 year of suffering!
p/s : anyway, this is mong tieng here.
now life has been so relaxing and lepaking.. that's why got time to visit wen jih and go on line.. yeah..
most ppl will be wondering what i am doing everyday as a so called bld bank mo. basically nothing..hehe.. true enough, my job everyday is to see what and where for lunch and to go home at 430..
anyway, seeing slides really spin my brain down, and answering calls for bld request makes me feel like an telephone operator...
but.. this is the only time me and carren can sit together watching tv, thinking what to cook or where to go for dinner. and even decorating our porch.(ha, actually carren finally able to save a plant which has been neglected for 8 months...
wen jih is complaining me using up his internet time, sorry , hav to stop now... haha.. sorry boss, know today is ur birthday, may u have a great year ahead !
bye to everybody and remember: to enjoy life after 1 year of suffering!
p/s : anyway, this is mong tieng here.
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Thursday, June 24, 2004
This is the first time I am using Alor Star Hospital library's net. Never had time in the past one year. Now, thanks to being posted to A&E, I can actually get up late, go home early and don't have to do calls! Our shifts are from 8.00a.m. to 3.00 p.m., then 3.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. and 10.00 p.m. to 8.00 a.m. If we do night shift, we don't have to work the next day. Hooray!
Will never grumble about those casualty MOs again. Trust me guys, it's not an easy decision to make whether to admit a patient or not. So far, my shifts have been quite o.k. Going to enjoy my 3 weeks left in A&E. AFter that, who knows?
For those of you who don't know, Chee Foo has been transferred to Sg. Petani. Guan Fook's doing A&E with me. MC is in medicine for 2 mths before becoming Paeds MO. (If I do Paeds next, he's going to be my boss!).
Will be going to Vui Eng's wedding in July. Hope to see you guys there.:)
Will never grumble about those casualty MOs again. Trust me guys, it's not an easy decision to make whether to admit a patient or not. So far, my shifts have been quite o.k. Going to enjoy my 3 weeks left in A&E. AFter that, who knows?
For those of you who don't know, Chee Foo has been transferred to Sg. Petani. Guan Fook's doing A&E with me. MC is in medicine for 2 mths before becoming Paeds MO. (If I do Paeds next, he's going to be my boss!).
Will be going to Vui Eng's wedding in July. Hope to see you guys there.:)
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Friday, June 18, 2004
dear all
i have finally found light
where the greener grass is on my side
where the sun shine gently
where the champagne remains bubbly.
where work starts at 8
and we leave at 4.30pm for bed.
where calls are at home,
managed via phone,
i hope =o)...
most importantly...
where patients smile sincerely
and so have i for past half week.
hip hip hooray ent,
for it means enjoy no tension!
p/s: if u think life can't get any better,
meet the new blood bank MO...Dr Ee Mong Teng!
i have finally found light
where the greener grass is on my side
where the sun shine gently
where the champagne remains bubbly.
where work starts at 8
and we leave at 4.30pm for bed.
where calls are at home,
managed via phone,
i hope =o)...
most importantly...
where patients smile sincerely
and so have i for past half week.
hip hip hooray ent,
for it means enjoy no tension!
p/s: if u think life can't get any better,
meet the new blood bank MO...Dr Ee Mong Teng!
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
hey u all... last day of hoship... feeling relieved, happy, excited and oh so lazy (am onleave, so sleeping most of the time) all rolled in one. Most of u ppl probably be staying in your respective hospital for another 6-8 months or so. Almost all of us here are being sent out. Kalis, Chiew Leng and I are being sent to Keningau (we still can't seem to get rid of Kalis :)). Nice place with nice new hospital, so no one's complaining. Tony being sent to Kuala Penyu, new hospital too, wonder if they make him the pengarah. Prabath is being sent to Lahad Datu and feeling miserable about it, appealing to stay. Roddy got some godforsaken place called Tungu or something. Chee Chan going to Kudat. Breithner got Pitas, this very poor district where we drove past once... saw the very big new hospital, but couldnt find the town...
Anyway, most of use will stay on in Queen for another 2-4 months or so to finish watever respective postings we have not done. Actually feel quite sien coz that will mean another 2-4 months of taking blood... feeling up forms... lying to radiologists to get scans done etc etc.... sigh
New meat coming today...
Anyway, most of use will stay on in Queen for another 2-4 months or so to finish watever respective postings we have not done. Actually feel quite sien coz that will mean another 2-4 months of taking blood... feeling up forms... lying to radiologists to get scans done etc etc.... sigh
New meat coming today...
Monday, June 14, 2004
MC has passed his MRCP (Paeds) part 1. He got the news just before we went on leave. We're all really happy for him and expecting a big treat, of course.
Why has Kai Inn become so philosophical recently?
To those of you who went to Perhentian during leave, hope you enjoyed yourselves. It's good to release tension with mates who understand what you're going through, isn't it? Well, there's not been much mention of where everyone's headed to after this. But thank goodness, the new HOs are starting soon. Hmm, must try to act more mature than them... Ha! As if I know any better!
Why has Kai Inn become so philosophical recently?
To those of you who went to Perhentian during leave, hope you enjoyed yourselves. It's good to release tension with mates who understand what you're going through, isn't it? Well, there's not been much mention of where everyone's headed to after this. But thank goodness, the new HOs are starting soon. Hmm, must try to act more mature than them... Ha! As if I know any better!
good say tai lo... last few days of holiday... really thirsty for more leave.hate to leavve the comfort home, the mummy cook food, the good old tv, my familiar bed.. arghhhhhh...well, the price of rm 2000+... wonder how much increment r we gettin as jmo.
well, another year down the bin, ,another year ahead. all the best everyone.
ps. heard mc went for mrcpaeds. anyone know how he's doin?
well, another year down the bin, ,another year ahead. all the best everyone.
ps. heard mc went for mrcpaeds. anyone know how he's doin?
Sunday, June 13, 2004
feel like giving up evrything and become a farmer and live happily everafter but osh shit there is no farmer in the fairy tale. what is the significant of life and i think we have asked ourself for millions of time! for me, just to put religion aside first, is to live once and for all with no regrets. we can't help to deny fear,lust to life,to die with no heir but we live once with our own way and we own everything, something in our heart that can not be taken away....
Friday, June 11, 2004
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
to all future MO,
ahya, time flies, we all have gone through some sorts of molding progress to become of what we been expected in the past 1 year. i am sure lots of things have happened to each of us being good or bad. do we still remember our ambition when we first enter medical school? or what's left in our mind is just wanting more fame,money and superiority.
may god apollo, if he really exist, permit our years of mo to come be more meaningful to our life and humanity.
especially to roddy, tony, chee lean, chong tien and alan.
get yourself busy dying or get yourself busy living. you choose ( from shawshank redemption movie)
ahya, time flies, we all have gone through some sorts of molding progress to become of what we been expected in the past 1 year. i am sure lots of things have happened to each of us being good or bad. do we still remember our ambition when we first enter medical school? or what's left in our mind is just wanting more fame,money and superiority.
may god apollo, if he really exist, permit our years of mo to come be more meaningful to our life and humanity.
especially to roddy, tony, chee lean, chong tien and alan.
get yourself busy dying or get yourself busy living. you choose ( from shawshank redemption movie)
Hi, everybody...
Last day of my HO day today... =)
Start holiday today but dunno where to go after 12 June.
Alot have happened during the last two postings..both sad and happy, but MOSTLY SAD..well, guess i'l have to get on with life, and getting my leave approved is a good way, albeit a late one.
Any plan to go anywhere, guys and gals?
Hurrah......
Last day of my HO day today... =)
Start holiday today but dunno where to go after 12 June.
Alot have happened during the last two postings..both sad and happy, but MOSTLY SAD..well, guess i'l have to get on with life, and getting my leave approved is a good way, albeit a late one.
Any plan to go anywhere, guys and gals?
Hurrah......
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Dear Dreamer in the Shadows,
Please don't do anything rash that might hurt yourself. It was not my intention to be cruel and neglect you. From here on I will try to reply your letters. I know you are exhausted and it's eating at you. Hang on. It will be over soon.
Sorry to hear that you actually have to be extended in medical due to lack of HOs. Sorry to hear you're doing back to back calls. Blame it on the new housemen whom we keep hoping to appear but never do.
As you know, Chee Foo and I were planning a trip to Nepal but it has been cancelled because our long leave was rejected. Will let you know when we plan to go next so we can take leave together. It's going to be monsoon season soon in Nepal so probably the best time to go would be early next year.
Give us a call anytime, just to chat or whatever. See ya...
Please don't do anything rash that might hurt yourself. It was not my intention to be cruel and neglect you. From here on I will try to reply your letters. I know you are exhausted and it's eating at you. Hang on. It will be over soon.
Sorry to hear that you actually have to be extended in medical due to lack of HOs. Sorry to hear you're doing back to back calls. Blame it on the new housemen whom we keep hoping to appear but never do.
As you know, Chee Foo and I were planning a trip to Nepal but it has been cancelled because our long leave was rejected. Will let you know when we plan to go next so we can take leave together. It's going to be monsoon season soon in Nepal so probably the best time to go would be early next year.
Give us a call anytime, just to chat or whatever. See ya...
Sunday, May 23, 2004
Dear Seok Hong,
This'll be the last message I ever send you
It's been 4 weeks and still no word
I don't deserve it!
I know you got my last letter
I posted it right here on this Blog
So this is another note I'm sending you
I hope you read it
I'm in a cyber cafe right now
I'm paying RM 2 per hour
Hey Seok Hong,
I drank some Cola
You dare me to surf?
You know the song by Phil Collins
About the boy and the monkeys?
That's kinda how this is
You coulda rescued me from the plane crash
Now it's too late
I'm post-call
I'm DROWSY!
And all I wanted was a lousy letter or an sms
I hope you know I ripped
My pictures of Xena off the wall
You ruined it now
I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it
And when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you scream about it
I hope your conscience eats at you and you can't breathe without a nasal prong
See Seok Hong,
(*Screaming*) Shut up b____!
I'm tryin to talk!
Hey Seok Hong,
That's some pregnant girl I kidnapped from outside the hospital screamin at the next computer (I don't know her, and it ain't my baby cause I don't f___ girls)
But I don't slit her throat
I just tied her up
See I ain't like you
Cause if she suffocates she'll suffer more
And then she'll die too
Well, gotta go
I'm almost here 2 hours
Oh shit, I forgot my wallet
How'm I supposed to pay?
This'll be the last message I ever send you
It's been 4 weeks and still no word
I don't deserve it!
I know you got my last letter
I posted it right here on this Blog
So this is another note I'm sending you
I hope you read it
I'm in a cyber cafe right now
I'm paying RM 2 per hour
Hey Seok Hong,
I drank some Cola
You dare me to surf?
You know the song by Phil Collins
About the boy and the monkeys?
That's kinda how this is
You coulda rescued me from the plane crash
Now it's too late
I'm post-call
I'm DROWSY!
And all I wanted was a lousy letter or an sms
I hope you know I ripped
My pictures of Xena off the wall
You ruined it now
I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it
And when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you scream about it
I hope your conscience eats at you and you can't breathe without a nasal prong
See Seok Hong,
(*Screaming*) Shut up b____!
I'm tryin to talk!
Hey Seok Hong,
That's some pregnant girl I kidnapped from outside the hospital screamin at the next computer (I don't know her, and it ain't my baby cause I don't f___ girls)
But I don't slit her throat
I just tied her up
See I ain't like you
Cause if she suffocates she'll suffer more
And then she'll die too
Well, gotta go
I'm almost here 2 hours
Oh shit, I forgot my wallet
How'm I supposed to pay?
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Saturday, May 08, 2004
Wow, the last time I wrote, I just got to Alor Setar and starting all over again. Now I have finished one month of medicine in Alor Setar and I am back in Seremban for a three-day break.
I tagged for 3 days and then I was on-call. The thing I have to get used to is going to do morning rounds on weekends. Back in Kuala Pilah, we just leave the hospital during the weekend to the on-call ppl, which is a luxury.
Otherwise, workload and the way things run are pretty much the same.
The bad thing is that I have to re-start my medical posting, meaning I will finish H.O.ship only in end of July, not mid-June like everyone else.
Take care everyone.
I tagged for 3 days and then I was on-call. The thing I have to get used to is going to do morning rounds on weekends. Back in Kuala Pilah, we just leave the hospital during the weekend to the on-call ppl, which is a luxury.
Otherwise, workload and the way things run are pretty much the same.
The bad thing is that I have to re-start my medical posting, meaning I will finish H.O.ship only in end of July, not mid-June like everyone else.
Take care everyone.
Monday, May 03, 2004
holiday 3 days back in malacca with yeeling, just happened to visit my cousin in hosp melaka with broken leg, u know what happen? i met george for chrissake. he still the same but putting on a bit of weight still cheerful and no complain about HOship in hosp melaka. 3 holidays just not enough and back to today again...ai....stay connect everyone , happy to hear everybody is surviving and soon just soon u know....we all will be MO! hey hey ready to kick the junior HO arses. ha.
Sunday, May 02, 2004
Dear Seok Hong,
Thanks for the invitation. I remember u guys have a great home theatre system. Did I mention I can only get 3 channels on my new TV in KP? I'm mistaken.. actually I can only get 2. But think will stay here till the end. Loneliness is not new to me have had it since forever; I treat acute exacerbations nowadays by sleeping them away.
No plans for MRCP or FRCS or ABCD or BABY. Just want to get thru HOship! Starting mid-May will have only 2 HOs in Med Dept. That's not too bad considering the other HO, who hasn't arrived yet, wuz supposed to be retained in O&G but they're letting him go so I don't go insane doing both 1st and 2nd calls everyday.. Now it's EODs till mid-June. But then it's Med n I'm always stoned for abt 2 days post-call.
Previously tot they'd be retaining HOs in the Depts due to shortage. They're not thank goodness. But that's also why there'll be only 2 of us soon. Catch-22.
1 HO arrived from KK last month (prev in Surg Dept n knows Roddy) asked for Med in KP, came for 2 days, took MC for 2 days, came back for 4 days, disappeared for 4 days then resurfaced in Surg Dept.
Another HO from O&G Dept in our hosp came 2 wks ago tagged for 1 and a half days then took MC for depression. She's now in Surg Dept.
Will KP be worse off than TI? Will I beat Adeline in terms of workload and calls?
Don know.. Stay tuned!
Back in KL now after abt 2 months! Miss all the shopping centres and bright lights. KP is getting a bit dreary. Hope to obtain a phone line hence Net access after June. Don think will apply for Astro too costly! Thinking of writing again but no ideas.
That's it for now. U write me one line, I write you an entire letter. When will all of us get to meet again? In the meanwhile stay connected on this Blog.
By the way u guys look out for Chee Foo ok. Hard work can be distracting but it's often not so! Hope he's ok tho'.. Also he can drive you around town :P
Cheers and beers,
Alan, the Mad Cabbage
Thanks for the invitation. I remember u guys have a great home theatre system. Did I mention I can only get 3 channels on my new TV in KP? I'm mistaken.. actually I can only get 2. But think will stay here till the end. Loneliness is not new to me have had it since forever; I treat acute exacerbations nowadays by sleeping them away.
No plans for MRCP or FRCS or ABCD or BABY. Just want to get thru HOship! Starting mid-May will have only 2 HOs in Med Dept. That's not too bad considering the other HO, who hasn't arrived yet, wuz supposed to be retained in O&G but they're letting him go so I don't go insane doing both 1st and 2nd calls everyday.. Now it's EODs till mid-June. But then it's Med n I'm always stoned for abt 2 days post-call.
Previously tot they'd be retaining HOs in the Depts due to shortage. They're not thank goodness. But that's also why there'll be only 2 of us soon. Catch-22.
1 HO arrived from KK last month (prev in Surg Dept n knows Roddy) asked for Med in KP, came for 2 days, took MC for 2 days, came back for 4 days, disappeared for 4 days then resurfaced in Surg Dept.
Another HO from O&G Dept in our hosp came 2 wks ago tagged for 1 and a half days then took MC for depression. She's now in Surg Dept.
Will KP be worse off than TI? Will I beat Adeline in terms of workload and calls?
Don know.. Stay tuned!
Back in KL now after abt 2 months! Miss all the shopping centres and bright lights. KP is getting a bit dreary. Hope to obtain a phone line hence Net access after June. Don think will apply for Astro too costly! Thinking of writing again but no ideas.
That's it for now. U write me one line, I write you an entire letter. When will all of us get to meet again? In the meanwhile stay connected on this Blog.
By the way u guys look out for Chee Foo ok. Hard work can be distracting but it's often not so! Hope he's ok tho'.. Also he can drive you around town :P
Cheers and beers,
Alan, the Mad Cabbage
Friday, April 23, 2004
Hi guys. Just a little under two months to go in our housemanship. What are you people's plans? Who's taking MRCP, who's planning to make a lot of money as GP, who's getting thrown to district, etc.?
MC is taking his MRCP (Paeds) Part I soon. Lee Kien and Seow Voon have plans to go to US. I hope I can stick around a bit longer in Alor Setar. Want to do my Paeds posting here and probably Anaes. Becoming an A&E MO might not be too bad either. At least they work in shifts and there's no on calls.
Tony - So jealous of you with 32 HOs in O&G.
Alan - You're welcome to join us in Alor Setar if it gets lonely in KP.
Chiew Leng, Chong Tien - Great to see you guys never lost your sense of adventure. Scuba diving. Wow!
MC is taking his MRCP (Paeds) Part I soon. Lee Kien and Seow Voon have plans to go to US. I hope I can stick around a bit longer in Alor Setar. Want to do my Paeds posting here and probably Anaes. Becoming an A&E MO might not be too bad either. At least they work in shifts and there's no on calls.
Tony - So jealous of you with 32 HOs in O&G.
Alan - You're welcome to join us in Alor Setar if it gets lonely in KP.
Chiew Leng, Chong Tien - Great to see you guys never lost your sense of adventure. Scuba diving. Wow!
Friday, April 16, 2004
tailo: cheefoo, let life shines like the morning cloud grow from the distance horizon
in the edge of darkness, blossom into gigantic skyline potrait
let life meet great obstacle but still courage stand and dreams stand holding on and
for us bird of mission of life shall never fail to see the wonder of nature......keep you going.
you are once again a free man, aren't you. god shall worried not we. good luck
in the edge of darkness, blossom into gigantic skyline potrait
let life meet great obstacle but still courage stand and dreams stand holding on and
for us bird of mission of life shall never fail to see the wonder of nature......keep you going.
you are once again a free man, aren't you. god shall worried not we. good luck
Monday, April 05, 2004
kai inn - sorry i couldn't go out the other day when you were up here. labour room was like some mad house. good to hear that the guys actually entertained you.
chee foo - i'm sorry things didn't work out.perhaps it is a good thing that HOship is busy.at least it'll keep you on the go.Keep your mind off from the sad stuff.
lee kien - good luck in alor setar. if you consider going to another state, do consider perak.we are damn short and we have very stupid system of allocation... hmmm,that didn't sound very appealing. what the heck,come just to make up the number.
alan - planning to go home again 3rd week of april.if you are around give me a call.i'm meeting up with liza. will call the people in klang too.
chiew leng - good luck with scuba diving
kooi yen - if u are listening. happy belated birthday april fool! sorry i didn't get to meet up last week.will make appointment again some other time.
chee foo - i'm sorry things didn't work out.perhaps it is a good thing that HOship is busy.at least it'll keep you on the go.Keep your mind off from the sad stuff.
lee kien - good luck in alor setar. if you consider going to another state, do consider perak.we are damn short and we have very stupid system of allocation... hmmm,that didn't sound very appealing. what the heck,come just to make up the number.
alan - planning to go home again 3rd week of april.if you are around give me a call.i'm meeting up with liza. will call the people in klang too.
chiew leng - good luck with scuba diving
kooi yen - if u are listening. happy belated birthday april fool! sorry i didn't get to meet up last week.will make appointment again some other time.
Sunday, April 04, 2004
Hi, guys and gals, all my best frenz out there... so sorry to keep u all in the dark.. Well, the terrible thing is, as some of u might have oredi known...sigh....sighhh... Lian Sing had decided to left me. Been in Hell basically in the last 3 months. Crying practically every nite and most moments...Worst thing is we had oredi registered... as there's no more chance for reconciliation (as she firmly STRESSED to me), r in the midst of working out an annullation of our marriage.... Feeling slightly better now after all those terrible months..hav to learn to pick up my life again..although i might not feel like it, but life hav to go on, HOship has to go on....but stillll....... But who am i to bog u all wif my problems, what wif all dis HOshit..... sorry guys...just feeling the need to SHOUT ALL THIS PROBLEMS OUT LOUD..... may God bless u all.....and also her....
Friday, April 02, 2004
went to ipoh hosp this monday to tranfer one baby, i was very tiring but i was glad to be welcome by those guys in ipoh GH after a long 9 hours drive from JB. happy to see them and they look much more confident and MO-looking. we just had a short talk for tea but anyway i had enjoy it. good luck and fortune to you in ipoh hosp. thanks sathiya, peter and chuen wern.
Thursday, April 01, 2004
greetings from seremban.... surgical had been time consuming... not tat bz, just occpied, workin daily til 9pm, n tat includes sat n sun.. cheap labour.
just when i start pickin up ping pong again....gues hav to giv up those games..but stil manage to find time for pirate vcd...
after 1 whole month of workin daily..... finally take 2 days off to sleep at home...
just when i start pickin up ping pong again....gues hav to giv up those games..but stil manage to find time for pirate vcd...
after 1 whole month of workin daily..... finally take 2 days off to sleep at home...
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Am in Alor Setar now. Am very glad that I am with Seow Voon again. Got myself a room, well furnished and very near to Seow Voon's house. TV reception here is excellent. Channel 8 and 9 are clearer than my house in Seremban. There are chinese foodstall near here also.
Tomorrow will be my first day in Hosp Alor Setar.
Will need to get used to friday and saturday being the weekend and weekdays start on sunday. I think it's pretty stupid, and Alor Setar is not like under PAS or something like that. The banks here dont follow this system, because of the obvious reason of being impractical... how can they make transactions to KL or the rest of the world on Sunday when eveyone is off. ..... getting sidetracked, let's go back to my main point.
So I was saying ... I will report to the pejabat pengarah negeri kedah tomorrow. Starting tagging during weekend will be a drag, because not all the staff will be there, and being a tagger, I will probably just run errands for the on-call person, and have to clerk most of the new cases. When Alan and I were tagging in medical, we clerked 90% of the new cases between us during the period. I probably wont see how things run regularly, u know like the usual weekday, until Sunday when everyone starts to come backand work. Wonder how many days they will want me to tag.
Spending the past 9 months in KPilah with Alan has brought us together like brothers. Alan, hang on tough. I understand how monotonous things can be there. Fight back by being among the first to pass MRCP Part 1 when you are a junior MO. Will contact you by direct email/sms.
Soon Hock's baby is probably due some time soon I would think. Any news anyone? Fab?
Ok, will sleep earlier today.
Tomorrow will be my first day in Hosp Alor Setar.
Will need to get used to friday and saturday being the weekend and weekdays start on sunday. I think it's pretty stupid, and Alor Setar is not like under PAS or something like that. The banks here dont follow this system, because of the obvious reason of being impractical... how can they make transactions to KL or the rest of the world on Sunday when eveyone is off. ..... getting sidetracked, let's go back to my main point.
So I was saying ... I will report to the pejabat pengarah negeri kedah tomorrow. Starting tagging during weekend will be a drag, because not all the staff will be there, and being a tagger, I will probably just run errands for the on-call person, and have to clerk most of the new cases. When Alan and I were tagging in medical, we clerked 90% of the new cases between us during the period. I probably wont see how things run regularly, u know like the usual weekday, until Sunday when everyone starts to come backand work. Wonder how many days they will want me to tag.
Spending the past 9 months in KPilah with Alan has brought us together like brothers. Alan, hang on tough. I understand how monotonous things can be there. Fight back by being among the first to pass MRCP Part 1 when you are a junior MO. Will contact you by direct email/sms.
Soon Hock's baby is probably due some time soon I would think. Any news anyone? Fab?
Ok, will sleep earlier today.
Monday, March 29, 2004
Sorry to see Lee Kien go... Kuala Pilah will be quieter than ever. Suffice to say I wouldn't have made it this far thru HOship if it weren't for him there. Feel like absconding sometimes...
Have purchased a new 21" Philips to break the boredom. Unfortunately can only receive 3 channels in KP.
Medical posting is really bad and will be worse now with a shortage of HOs. Keep myself afloat by thinking that the end of 1st year is near. 10 wks to go! Meanwhile have to go on battling severe exhaustion, sleep deprivation, weight loss and sugar addiction.
Have developed a gastric ulcer. Am starting Losec this week if my hospital is not too cheap to approve a 2-6 wk course.
Am renting the whole house now by myself in KP. Nice place just nice for 1-2 persons in a nice neighbourhood. However in the past 9 months have encountered all kinds of resident fauna including termites, spiders, centipedes, lots and lots of ants, a snake and a mouse. 2 months ago the electricity got shut off for one whole night when LK wuz in S'ban left me in total darkness with only my hp as a light source... would have gone insane if were still in my darkness-fearing younger years.
Am rambling think am developing Adeline syndrome. Where is that cow anyway not heard from her in millenia
Have purchased a new 21" Philips to break the boredom. Unfortunately can only receive 3 channels in KP.
Medical posting is really bad and will be worse now with a shortage of HOs. Keep myself afloat by thinking that the end of 1st year is near. 10 wks to go! Meanwhile have to go on battling severe exhaustion, sleep deprivation, weight loss and sugar addiction.
Have developed a gastric ulcer. Am starting Losec this week if my hospital is not too cheap to approve a 2-6 wk course.
Am renting the whole house now by myself in KP. Nice place just nice for 1-2 persons in a nice neighbourhood. However in the past 9 months have encountered all kinds of resident fauna including termites, spiders, centipedes, lots and lots of ants, a snake and a mouse. 2 months ago the electricity got shut off for one whole night when LK wuz in S'ban left me in total darkness with only my hp as a light source... would have gone insane if were still in my darkness-fearing younger years.
Am rambling think am developing Adeline syndrome. Where is that cow anyway not heard from her in millenia
Sunday, March 28, 2004
Saturday, March 27, 2004
Today was my last day in Kuala Pilah. Sorry to leave Alan alone there. There will be shortage of housemen there, and it is probably going to be really busy.
I guess all of us are in the same situation- not having enough housemen towards the end of this posting. Sometimes I wonder where all those Ukrainian, Indian, Indonesian and Middle East graduates are. Looks like we will not get new recruits until the local uni grads come out.
Cheers to all of you.
I guess all of us are in the same situation- not having enough housemen towards the end of this posting. Sometimes I wonder where all those Ukrainian, Indian, Indonesian and Middle East graduates are. Looks like we will not get new recruits until the local uni grads come out.
Cheers to all of you.
Friday, March 19, 2004
Yeah, Lee kien. We heard the news. What a pity you can't come to O&G. Chee Foo and I are suffering here. This is the first time I'm back home since starting my O&G posting. There's only 12 HO in O&G now. We are doing EOD calls like crazy. Before this we have 5 HO on call a day. We had to revise it to 4 so that none of us will collapse. And there's still 3 months left! New people won't be coming in so soon. We don't have time to learn anything as we are just focused on getting our work done. And yet some of the specialists are not understanding at all.
Anyway, you'll learn a lot in medicine. They're short of people too but the working environment is not so stressful. By the way, where are you going to stay?
Anyway, you'll learn a lot in medicine. They're short of people too but the working environment is not so stressful. By the way, where are you going to stay?
Friday, March 12, 2004
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
ah boy ya! admired you le. got such a girl willing to do this for you. you know what i mean. i think i am going to 'tiru' you la i might thinking to ask to tranfer to Muar hosp after all this bullshit hoship.
i went to ella wedding on last last saturday. happy to see a few of our batch mates.
anyone knows what happen to chee foo? pls announce it!
paeds is sucked.....
i went to ella wedding on last last saturday. happy to see a few of our batch mates.
anyone knows what happen to chee foo? pls announce it!
paeds is sucked.....
Monday, February 23, 2004
Saturday, February 14, 2004
hello... officially survived through O&G without any untoward incidents. Going to Paeds next... now can start scolding O&G HOs for referring lousy cases at lousy time of the night!
What happened Chee Foo?
4 more months to go... we are already being ask our choices for the district postings. CL and I choosing Keningau, went to see the new hospital there and it was damn impressive. Look up the map if u dont know where it is. It is about 2 1/2 hours south east of KK.
CHeerio, and i hope everyone survive the next 4 months and live to talk about it.
What happened Chee Foo?
4 more months to go... we are already being ask our choices for the district postings. CL and I choosing Keningau, went to see the new hospital there and it was damn impressive. Look up the map if u dont know where it is. It is about 2 1/2 hours south east of KK.
CHeerio, and i hope everyone survive the next 4 months and live to talk about it.
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
cool. more than 8 months down the line, n stil alive n kickin.well, mange to go past 8 months without killin anyone, yet (or at least tat i know of), so wil b a bit sad tto leave paeds to go to surgery... with the mad workin hours there. o well, everyone has to die once.
bryan: hang in there.
ju ann: mushroom? someone is stalkin u in klang, izit... wat else could possible lead u to sarawak.. or perphaps.....
by the way, manage to meet teck choon, lee ding, chew gek n wai hong during new year.. n everyone is so alive. seems havin quite a ok life over in sarawak.
mc wil b stoppin by in kl this weekend too. manage to c him in ijn the other day when both of us sent babies to their clinic.
now, back to enjoyin my leave... n back to my bed.....
bryan: hang in there.
ju ann: mushroom? someone is stalkin u in klang, izit... wat else could possible lead u to sarawak.. or perphaps.....
by the way, manage to meet teck choon, lee ding, chew gek n wai hong during new year.. n everyone is so alive. seems havin quite a ok life over in sarawak.
mc wil b stoppin by in kl this weekend too. manage to c him in ijn the other day when both of us sent babies to their clinic.
now, back to enjoyin my leave... n back to my bed.....
Sunday, February 08, 2004
hi, everyone...
nice to hear dat all of ya r still kicking and alive.
As 4 me,...well.....the worst WORST WORST thing that can happen in my life had happened........well hopefully it's all just a bad bad nightmare...
Am going to KL next weekend to mourn the BIG BIG loss.....
GAd been very very sad these past few days due to the loss.....am so sad and down.......miserable...feeling so useless and God fucking stupid..........damn stupid me....AAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......sob sob sob.....
nice to hear dat all of ya r still kicking and alive.
As 4 me,...well.....the worst WORST WORST thing that can happen in my life had happened........well hopefully it's all just a bad bad nightmare...
Am going to KL next weekend to mourn the BIG BIG loss.....
GAd been very very sad these past few days due to the loss.....am so sad and down.......miserable...feeling so useless and God fucking stupid..........damn stupid me....AAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......sob sob sob.....
Thursday, February 05, 2004
i am finishing o&g so for those who are going into it remember just do it don't let it, i mean VE. don't drown in the sea of liqour, just swim across. and sing aloud with your patient ' teran lagi teran, panjang panjang lagilagi sambung lagi' and surprisingly instead of "tahi" you got baby out of mother! good luck. i am going to paeds, my god tds round. yeeling going to ortho.
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Saturday, January 31, 2004
Yeah Lee Kien, the butterfly must not forget it wuz once a caterpillar too. Zen, Zen.
Hi Esther great to hear ur voice in here again. Lookin fwd to ur end of posting I guess since u'r keeping your hols for it. Take a load of this: Ju Ann hoarded her leave too so now she's takin a nice long stretch off. She's joining a UM research programme in Sarawak for a week researching mushrooms for anticancer substances isn't that cool.
Kai Inn u can use the panties to wipe the sperm off the floor.
Have a good Raya Masyithah, can go shopping in JB. Can also help Kai Inn clean his room.
Signing off from a little Internet cafe in Kuala Pilah. Am on-call tmr, also yesterday (sigh).
Cheers
Hi Esther great to hear ur voice in here again. Lookin fwd to ur end of posting I guess since u'r keeping your hols for it. Take a load of this: Ju Ann hoarded her leave too so now she's takin a nice long stretch off. She's joining a UM research programme in Sarawak for a week researching mushrooms for anticancer substances isn't that cool.
Kai Inn u can use the panties to wipe the sperm off the floor.
Have a good Raya Masyithah, can go shopping in JB. Can also help Kai Inn clean his room.
Signing off from a little Internet cafe in Kuala Pilah. Am on-call tmr, also yesterday (sigh).
Cheers
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Happy CNY everybody.
Chill Fab. I agree with alan, and i think the most important thing is to not do the same to our subordinates/juniors when we become M.O./specialists later. Break the vicious cycle.
Enuff about that. Let's enjoy our CNY weekend and spend time with our family and friends. Take care y'all.
Chill Fab. I agree with alan, and i think the most important thing is to not do the same to our subordinates/juniors when we become M.O./specialists later. Break the vicious cycle.
Enuff about that. Let's enjoy our CNY weekend and spend time with our family and friends. Take care y'all.
Hey Happy New Year everyone...
Took 1 day off on Wed and, since in Kuala Pilah not working on public hols and weekends if not on-call, have 5 day stretch off till Sun. Too bad it's already Sat today :(
The best way to get thru HOship is to let it wash over you. They're like a river trying to sweep you away but you're like a rock, dude, secure against the flood. Pretty Zen. Numbness is da way. Don't let them get to you, coz they're not important in your life. Allowing them to make you sad or angry means giving them too much power over you. These are insignificant people who have no right to influence what you think or feel, and getting upset because of them is not worth it. Only people who are important to you have the right to make you feel this way.
Hmm if only this works...
Took 1 day off on Wed and, since in Kuala Pilah not working on public hols and weekends if not on-call, have 5 day stretch off till Sun. Too bad it's already Sat today :(
The best way to get thru HOship is to let it wash over you. They're like a river trying to sweep you away but you're like a rock, dude, secure against the flood. Pretty Zen. Numbness is da way. Don't let them get to you, coz they're not important in your life. Allowing them to make you sad or angry means giving them too much power over you. These are insignificant people who have no right to influence what you think or feel, and getting upset because of them is not worth it. Only people who are important to you have the right to make you feel this way.
Hmm if only this works...
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Friday, January 16, 2004
hi, i hope i am not disturbing the net community by updating some of news from south, jb. oh i just bought a dell notebook so definitely i am putting lots of efforts and money in doing this matter. our HO private life has been invaded by our fucking deputy pengarah of hospital. he spotted checking our room and comment in the group meeting on our dirty room, sperm on the floor, hanging panties and luckily he didn"t find out my X book and X VCD collection. it is really irritating and ridiculous. i am moving out i guess but where too? hey...
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I am officially on leave from today till the weekend, then going to work for 1 1/2 week before breaking for CNY!! what a wonderful feeling!
Finally finishing O&G! to those who have not done the horrible posting... enjoy. To all those who actually LIKE the posting... u're nuts but to each one his/her own preference.
LoTR was nice, but i agree with Alan that at the end everything was too rush, we probably have 1 hour extra scenes in the extended version.
Ju Ann... be nice and dont keep us in the dark.
I am officially on leave from today till the weekend, then going to work for 1 1/2 week before breaking for CNY!! what a wonderful feeling!
Finally finishing O&G! to those who have not done the horrible posting... enjoy. To all those who actually LIKE the posting... u're nuts but to each one his/her own preference.
LoTR was nice, but i agree with Alan that at the end everything was too rush, we probably have 1 hour extra scenes in the extended version.
Ju Ann... be nice and dont keep us in the dark.
Sunday, January 04, 2004
happy new yr everybody....belated tht is...
17more days to monkey yr....
50 more days to new posting and tagging again...
170 more days to (junior) MO-ship....(shiver....i still know nuts.....)
since i'm late in wishing all a happy new yr.....happy chinese new year to all.....logging on to internet will be less frequent this month...since calls are all cramped up before taking long leave for CNY....
17more days to monkey yr....
50 more days to new posting and tagging again...
170 more days to (junior) MO-ship....(shiver....i still know nuts.....)
since i'm late in wishing all a happy new yr.....happy chinese new year to all.....logging on to internet will be less frequent this month...since calls are all cramped up before taking long leave for CNY....
Friday, January 02, 2004
I AM STILL having this dammed stupid EOD call however i still managed to catch ROTK and overall still one of the best movie of the year but get a bit bored by same way of fighting. a lot that the director can't made into movie but it is good enough already. oh, by the way, happy new year and happy monkey year to those who believe in chinese astrology
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