er... Keningau no cinema la. no VCD either, no need to even talk about DVD. cannot get TV3, NTV7 dun even say 8TV. thank god for ASTRO.

Chiew Leng watched it in KK

just came back from teck choon wedding. was rather a quiet weddin, but it was superb to meet up with everyone.

hi all,
adeline here.
oops.... anyone did their taxes yet? i think i'm late already, what with my penyata gaji sitting in teluk intan. they better not tax me more cos of that!!
no yan wei, i'm not enjoying the wonderful n potent mix of ortho-surg. nearly sent a pt to UH by helicopter last week(yup, we have a helipad in manjung woweee :O)

just to compare, anyone getting crankier this days? well, i'm crankier n fiercer now in this s@#$ posting. the other day this teacher (patient) asked me not to include the weekends in his MC (meaning if i meant the MC for 10 days then he would add sat n sun for free n wallop 14 days) I stared at him n he din dare ask anymore. incidently, he got banged up in MVA cos he was drunk n driving at 4am. stupid a#$.

well, as for manjung turning down MO's cos they're full, ????? i dunno. full of untrained fellas then yes. their quota is 4 mo's per posting. example, in GA which i probably be joining in march, 3 senior mo's r leaving at once, leaving new fellas non of which got even 1 yr experience.

hey, has bridget jones reached keningau already? it's nowhere near here in manjung yet. i guess that explains why motorbike racing is real popular here.

so, yee ling is sent to BP hosp. well i heard it's a nice place to work. just that HO needs to send lotsa cases by ambulance. better than getting KK i guess but sometimes the KK scenario is looking more n more inviting to me.

have not encountered pukka yet but was myself bitten by some insect called tonggek last year on my neck. causes cellulitic change with little pustules. very painful. sleep disturbed definintely. treatment (very effective) as suggested by staff nurses = CMC ointment... loads of it.

hey,
i got to go ppl. on call tomorrow (sigh...)
miss u guys
take care n happy CNY in advance!
bye

Spent RM 200 and didn't understand a word which Jay said.

Superb concert, tho'.

Very deep. Must be the erosion.

Excellent stuff.

My life has fallen down
around me before
-lots of times,
for lots of reasons-
usually other people.

And most of the time
I was fortunate enough
to have a large lump of
that life hit me on the
head and render me numb
to the pain and desolation
that followed.
And i survived.
And i live to love again.

But this,
this slow erosion from below
-or within-
it's me falling down around my life
because you're still in that life
-but not really.
And you're out of that life
-but not quite.

Peter McWilliams

A pukka is a special kind of germ, with glossy wings of checkered leaves, and eyes, beautiful eyes, like a frivolous sunset dipped in a silver sauce.

Oh skye, skye, art thou a delectable bumble bee, where words do not matter, and giant peaches roll in the moonlight. Your gaze smites them to the middle spleen, and they fall helpless at your toes.

None may help me.

What can they do, but toss the buttoned slipper up again into the shattered night sky? There are a thousand stars, like a thousand cats' eyes, and they look upon the shifting sand and curse my silent underwear.

Midnight is near. I stand before a yawning pit, and there are pineapples.

Everyday I inch nearer. What holds me back?

Almost nothing, almost nothing.

Did you read in the news about the tsunami-stranded boy who was wearing a Portugal football jersey when he was rescued? Luis Figo and Nuno Gomes is planning to donate money to the boy, and Cristiano Ronaldo is inviting the boy to visit him in England. And the Portugal FA is also planning some charity thing for the boy.

Well, I may be wrong, but the shirt was probably a cheap imitation bought from some pasar malam at his village. The boy probably could not name a single Portuguese national player (ok, maybe he heard Figo).

So Chong Tien, should you be kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf or if some tsunami strikes Sabah, be sure to be in your Man U jersey. You may just win a trip to Old Trafford, business class.

bridget jones 2 was funny - go watch
well, that was my first movie in so many months, so any form of entertainment would have been great.
did i tell u ppl that dvd can go at 3 for $10?

hey, yeeling is going to batu pahat hospital on 1/2/05
i am not sure whether i can get BP also or not.
aiyo, too late to get registered now. ha ha .!
anyway, it will be a short separation only. hopefully
i am trying to get into anaes department.
Here lots of 5 th poster been send to district hospital. everyone is scared to hell where about to go to. No escape !! unless you got your MRCP or equivalent or you got string to pull.

good luck to those taking MRCP! god bless

Lee Kien: yes i am in Sabah... and yes i have a dog, who is a constant joy and amusement coz he is funny looking, scaredy, and a bit dumb. just like the average keningau citizen.

I am spending the weekend in Seremban. Today is supposed to be the Kedah Sultan's birthday and should be public holiday in Kedah. (Sundays are normal working day in Northern states). But the Sultan decided to postpone his birthday with just one week notice to sympathise with the tsunami victims. Almost ruined my weekend plans to come back to Seremban.

Alan: Why Kuantan? For ventilator? Will the ambulance drive through Mentakab and all, or double back to Gemas then east coast? Poor houseman. What's a pukka?

Chong Tien: Are you back in Sabah where the procreation rate is high? You have a dog?

Carren: You're welcome. But still, the original Sarah Brightman can beat the movie-christine(Emma watz-her-name) anytime.

Fab: Where are you la?

A houseman from our department sent a case to Kuantan that day.

God save the pukka

found: phantom of the opera score,
Yong, thanks. will pass it back to you during CNY

You were once my one companion,
you were all that mattered.
You were once a friend and father,
then my world was shattered.

Wishing you were somehow here again,
wishing you were somehow near;
sometimes it seemed if I had just dreamed,
somehow you would be here.

Wishing I could hear your voice again,
knowing that I never would,
dreaming of you won't help me to do all that you dreamed I could.

Passing bells and sculpted angels,
cold and monumental;
seemed for you the wrong companions;
you were warm and gentle.

Too many years fighting back tears,
why can't the past just die?

Wishing you were somehow here again,
knowing we must say goodbye.
Try to forgive,
teach me to live,
give me the strength to try.

No more memories,
no more silent tears,
no more gazing across the wasted years.
Help me say goodbye!


Wishing you were somehow here again by Charles Hart

I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why i need you to hear

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you.

The Reason by Hoobastank

Carren... try here http://mrpiano.bestmusicpages.com/film.html

hope it helps

i am planning to go cut my hair soon tony, its getting too long that's its weighing on my head and causing headaches

ya, goin back tis end of the month to attend tc wedding. think yap is comin too.
just another excuse to take leave, another break from work...really began to hate general medicine oredi.

Wen Jih- are you attending teck choon and lee ding's wedding reception in ipoh?I'm on call...actually i'm on call every weekend this month so i can't change with anyone.

Adeline - Ortho + surgical...are you enjoying it? Thought you people have adequate MOs already, why are you still doing 10 calls a month?....being bullied like me?I have some friends who wanted to apply to Manjung but they say it's full.

another year down the drain. changin hair style? seems like hair is falling, gues it is the lack of family diet. ah well.
anyway, just wan to tell everyone tat teck choon n lee ding is getting married end of the month, 29th jan.
counting the days til end of tis stupid posting.

wanted: piano score to Phantom of the opera. if anyone has it, could i borrow it?

well, is it really that bad at penyu island (that is where you are posted right?)
well, my hair has grown a couple of inches since we last met, if you consider that a change.
i have changed shampoo too if you are interested. pantene hair loss prevention. wouldn't recommend it.

to the rest who just sat for their mrcpch (you all know who you all are) best of luck!

adeline: the penyata gaji should be out already, usually it is dated 31/12/04. so check it out.

and feel free to use my add, no prob.

Hi all,
sorry to dissapoint but i'm still here. saved by my frequent calls i guess. was on call on christmas and was in OT on boxing day drinking coffee before going to assist senior MO on a left over appendix case. tot i was swaying cos of water in the sink that i filled full of water (it was stuck) was sloshing n my senior MO tot he was hypoglycaemic cos he was post call too. of course we chucked out of the OT later when brought to our senses by more alert OT nurses, the anaesth MO went deeper into the OT, initially i thought to bring the patient (not under GA yet) out but seems he was trying to book one ventilator for himself first (so he said)

cant imagine my first tots were "heyyyy!!!! it's my day off, don let anything happen that may need me to evacuate etc instead of taking my break.

my colleague in the ward was educated in Indonesian med school so had experience of this kinda thing, she was asking nurses to evacuate patients. turns out some fella with BKA who complained day n night, looking very infirmed was the first one out, rushing in his wheelchair.

i'm in ortho now, doing combined ortho surgical calls (double yucks). cant wait to get out. not into bones n carpentry n definitely not into II suits (gives me muscle ache and resp distress). rate of MVA in manjung quite high, hmm must be the long straight roads, very conducive to racing. our unfortunate lack of HO (bout one per department n none in ortho) means i am still being sent to accompany patient to hosp Ipoh (some things never change)

if ur reading this yan wei, yup i'm still here but rather busy n tired cos i'm still tagging in surgical ortho (yup, 10 calls a month, again) sorry but it's true. chun wearn thinks i'm rather cursed when it comes to frequent calls. how's anaest? r u having fun gassing people up?

anyone received any income tax forms?
r we supposed to get some penyata gaji to fill those forms? i heard we need to pass up the income tax forms by feb but our penyata gaji wont be up till then?? what bad timing

i send n intraab case to taiping the other day (our surgeon on leave). din see anyone there (cheah, ling sze, etc) but wow, taiping is a real LOOOOONNNNNG hospital. i mean the AnE is long, the wards are long...... Hmm i'm not making any sense here. yeah this is my first free weekend in like a month n i'm stuck doing some stupid presentation due on tuesday. well go to go. on call tomorrow

see u guys n take care (ooops sorry, this is adeline abusing carren's address)

Alan... i have no bloody idea. doesn't ur ICU have one, according to our GA all units must have one before ventilators can be used... hmmm

i am careful, that's why i got a dog to protect me.

What is a respiratory technician? Can he come and teach our hyperventilation patients to breathe properly?

Chong Tien... I would be very careful if I were you

Hehe, that is a good one, Carren.

chiew leng... i would be very careful if i were you

errr... by Deningau i presume u mean Keningau.

Actually using Streamyx here, lousy place cannot get JARING, so have to use the faster broadband service. hai... the trouble with rural areas.

the only constants in each rural town of Sabah are KFC and BSN. whole Sabah 2 cinemas, both in KK. DVD in short supply, dark by 6pm, no night entertainment. No wonder procreation rate is so high here.

Craving for Pizza Hut... must go down KK cm for it.

Ciao

next time try calling Keningau

we have free ventilators perpetually sitting in ICU cos our GA refuses to ventilate patient without the presence of a respiratory technician

It has been really hot and dry up north here in Alor Star.

Actually someone up there needs a CBD.

On-call yesterday, spent 5 hours calling 9 hospitals in 4 states for ventilator.

On-call tmr.

Happy New Year wonder wat it'll bring.