yong, don't forget semput for SOB too. i think mengah is a negeri thing cos it's used in sban and tampin. =}

Hi guys,

For the e-book thing, I guess the best way would be to mail by post a hard copy on a CD to you. That's because the Harry Potter books alone is nearly 10Mb in PDF. Tell you what ... put your postal address on the blog or send your postal address to my email (yonglk98@tm.net.my), and I will burn them on a CD and mail them to you.

The loghat Kedah is peculiar for a Negeri person like me. Air is pronounced ayaq. Any words ending with the letter L will be pronounced I. Example: sambal - sambai, cendol - cendoi, tinggal - tinggai. There is also this habit of using the word 'na' at the end of sentences to make the statement sound more berbudi bahasa. Example: 'saya balik dulu naa' or 'makcik mesti makan ubat tiap-tiap hari naa'. The word 'depa' means 'them/they (mereka)'. So 'deeparaya' in Kedah actually sounds like 'mereka raya' not 'kita raya', a jest mentioned by most Kedahan.

The word for shortness of breath in Kedah is 'penat'. Penat does not mean the conventional 'tired' or 'lethargy' in Kedah. In Kuala Pilah, 'mengah' means SOB. Wonder what interesting words is used for SOB in other states/daerah?

Happy deepavali and selamat hari raya to all who are celebrating!. To those who are on-call, may the general population take good care of themselves and let us a peaceful holiday at work too!

good to hear from you, adeline. i personally like BTN than Induksi course.
please send my regards to seng kiat and those around you that i know ok. thank you.

for those celebrating raya and deepavali.......happy deepa raya!!!!!!!!!

soon will be all saints day....all souls day........haloween's.......winter near/tong yuan......christmas.......new year and another year older. may the luck be with you all.

hi everybody,
Dis Sat will b my wedding dinner again (female side) at Taiping. I believe all of you had known oredi. So happy dat Wen Jih, Yap, Seok Hong, Ling Sze, FAn Yin n hubby will b able to join me, though hope dat more of you, my beloved frens can join, but all your blessings suffice though.

Adeline: So nice to hear dat you'v met my wife and like her :) . She said that u and Seng Kiat were like pinang dibelah dua, always studious and serious. She was afraid to approach u due to the seriousness of u two....hehe...she haven met the funny side of u yet...

Yong: would like to have some of your e-books too, but dun think i hav much to share, except mayb my wedding photos.....hehe..

Really miss u guys....hope v can hav a gathering or something soon...

oops..
suddenly, both my posts appear. sorry for repeating myself ok ppl?
happy raya n deepavali on calls.

hi ya!!
hmm... finally someone reinvited me to the blog after months of me sneaking in using carren's account. posted something 2 days ago but message din turn up. looks like everyone's busy collecting their certs n wat nots for masters next year. dunno if i'd be applying next year. too inadequate cert wise(just did induksi last month) n knowledge n experience wise here.
been wanting to tell u all this, only manage to brag to alan n carren. he he. i did repelling/abscailing down a 3 storey high tower!!during BTN la. yeah it's a big deal for me cos i'm fraid of heights. no doubt those fellas in charge could have brought down someone who fainted easily n safely down but i was ready to BO/PU etc in my pants. yan wei however, was pissed off that she was not allowed to descend fast in 3 gigantic leaps.
met chee foo's honey during induksi. she's a real bright, energetic n cute girl. also very good girl that sit in front row n really listen to lectures, while i join the sweet sucking n day dreaming gang few rows behind her.
glad to hear so many of you r back from the wilderness. my deep respect to u all. i think it takes really something to work as a real peripheral MO with no specialist to consult at all. me, i'm just wondering when our pengarah will chuck me out to hospital without specialist or klinik kesihatan having just escape transfer to hosp parit buntar bout 6 months ago.
carren, i've read the 4 dan brown books too n enjoyed them very much. in fact, i finished the da vinci code in 1 day.
happy to have access to the blog once more, missed the nonsensical n very original crap here.

hi guys,
this is the first time in a long time that i'm writing in my name, thanks to ju ann who invited me back into the blog though she and many others may regret it later.
have met ah ngou's 'honey' during my induksi. unfortunately couldnt take good care of her as our ketua facilitator was a pain in the a** and loooooveeeed checking on her charges to make sure we amalkan gaya hidup sihat ie senaman at 630am daily n no snoozing during riadah. pleased to have met her(i mean chee foo's wife, not the facilitator), she's a bright,cute and petite lady.

have been bursting to tell u guys this nearly month old news(but had no access to this blog). i did repelling/abscailing down a tower bout 3 storeys high. woo hoo!! have fear of heights so was darned scared in the begining but had fun once i was underway. yeah, n yanwei ran 2km in 11minutes plus while i took significantly longer n had right sided chest pain n severe myalgia doing the same thing. all part n parcel of BTN. but no, u dont need to mandi berkemban(ie bath beramai ramai wearing sarongs up to armpit level like in those kampung shows)
was wearing baju kurung putih(one for 5 days heh heh) n sarong dark blue too-my bunch of induksi BTN ppl must have depleted pangkor island of school uniforms in september. very yucky looking. yanwei was my group member during LDK n so was kong wai hong.
Did BTN at ulu kenas KBN in kuala kangsar. Beautiful site in a forest reserve where u can hear monkeys' cries in the morning as opposed to rooster crowing. 24h of natural aircon too. Nice waterfall but we were forbidden to play there-supposed to be dangerous cos it rained upstream. HP reception poor though. ex commandos were the urusetia-they were surprisingly nice, very professional.

alan, thanks lots for those contoh soalan. we had no hope of passing without ur help.back to the present, sorry to be this blur but wat is APC??? n chiew leng, do u mean we gotta gather our induksi cert, MMC permanent practicing cert and surat lantikan penuh n pengesahan ketua jabatan then send up all these 3 documents to our clerk to apply for pengesahan dalam jawatan? man... we dont have to work is it? got so much of time to spend tracing paper??
i'm confused. someone pls reveal the secret identity of apokalypse n canker in the shadows n also john the baptist? especially as i'm supposed to have gone shopping for some microscopic attire with one of them.
it's real late now need to go snoozy. bye n nighty night. have a cool call those of u out there.

greetings!
wil b posted out soon, wil b the first batch in hosp jempol. it is in the middle of no where, wonder y they wan to open a hosp there. but the building is big, the hostel is big. so nvr mind la.

yong: sound nice u hav so many e book to share... how to get it from u? dun hav any on my side... but if anyone looking for some weird com / palm prog, then mayb i can find it....(no porn plz)

yong: sound great. i've been trying to download from the BT site but failed for harry potter 1-6 and the chronicle of nardia
how can i get those file from you?

Unfortunately, being the only non-Malay MO in my department, I will be doing some EOD call during this festive holidays. But the good thing is that there will be no problem getting leaves for Chinese New Year and other occasions.

Maybe this blog can also serve as a file-sharing portal. It will be great if we can list down the stuff we have, and help save each other's time searching for and downloading them. The following are digital files that I have. Anyone interested can just contact me, and we will work out how to transfer the files.
1. Harry Potter books 1-6 (including Half-Blood Prince) PDF
2. Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code (PDF), Deception Point (PDF) and Angels and Demons (TXT)
3. Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl Book 2 (TXT) and Book 3 (PDF)
4. Chronicles of Narnia (all 7 books)(PDF)
5. Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad (PDF)
6. Numerous previously subscribed MRCP Part 1 MCQs
7. Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese (PDF)

raya is coming and deepavali is at the corner.
isn't it wonderful to live is a country full of festivals and celebrations?
is it about partying or hang over or open house free food that we enjoy?
journey home or ' balik kampung' i think is a very special word or event in the hearts of all malaysian.
to show that we malaysian live for many reasons but home definitely is the far most important than others
to share the happiness among families and friends or perhaps it is just the journey to home that you take everyyear make it a special memory in life.
so drive safely or say a simple prayer before you journey home
misorere nobis

(haha, i hope JPJ will buy my slogan for this year road safety campaign!)

hmmm, and in KK u will have legitimate mailing address, and a proper mailbox!

hmmm... tampin sure sounds like Keningau, where cars are zipping by at an average speed of 30km/hour on a loooooooong strrraaaaight road...

good thing i am moving to KK where the average speed is about 5 km/hour more... hooray

nothin beats my patients. they dun need cars. they walk. i had patient tat walk all the way to the south, got caught in melaka.
btw, master prog offer came out tis month. u need 3 years of workin (include houseman) to apply, so prepare everything, next year is the year.

hmmm, in tampin, cars roll at the speed of 20km per hour.
meaning running children can dent protons.
good point is the main road of the city is only about 5km.
meaning only 15mins to get to the other side of town! (faster o walk though) =)

Another thing that they should teach their kids in Kemahiran Hidup is road safety. I dunno about other places, but here in Alor Star, in town or kampung, some adults don't hold their kids' hands while walking at roadsides. And those kids, being kids, can just run/jump without reason. On the roads, the pedestrians have the mentality that cars should see them, and should give way to them. You know, they cross the road despite seeing you coming on the car, and expect you to slow down for them. This is no joke because you can be beaten up and your car set on fire, if you accidentally knock them. They are so unaware of their surroundings, they can't hear the rumble of the car engines beside/behind them.

Well put Carren, only when u r out in the less "well equipped" places do u know how deficient they are.

The MAs in these places are doing a good job with what little resources they have. I know here in Sabah many of the Clinics are only staffed with MAs. They do what they can, who can blame them if they do make some mistakes? being in a district is an eye opening experience, then only u understand when cases are referred with this and that not done... its becoz ppl in the district are incapable of doing it. so credit to the MAs, they are a very needed supporting health personnel in the Malaysia health system.

On a brighter side... no more need for PTK for U44, U48 promotion! so go get ur postgrad!!

well, i don't know about u guys, being in H. Tampin has shown me that the MAs are actually good. they function like us in A&E. in fact their experience definitely outweighs ours. during calls at night, i hardly get called by the senior MAs.they manage everything and i can say they perform better than some doctors.

So, most times, I find that they do the work we do, why not get the same pay as us too? It is only fair that we appreciate the work they do, especially when not many ppl who have spent the so called five years studying are not willing to go to the districts.

yan wei: the putrajaya mmc phone no is as below. call it if u havent got ur full reg. apc is a different thing n surat perlantikan also something diff...... settle one thing by one thing

kai inn: hmmmm... true tat the world is full of psychotic ppl. including those in my ward, those in the admin, everywhere.

ps. ramly burger still sounded very nice.

one thing's definite. the new place in putrajaya doesn't have a line. personally i think it's a scam to prevent us from calling them. i haven't got my surat lantikan yet either. according to the clerk in my office she will settle it for me but i'm bugging her once weekly just to make sure. until she gets sick of seeing me and settle the problem. i actually got the permanent cert from MMC quite some time ago. that wasn't a problem as long as you hand in your log books early and your clerk does the paper work.

just finish BTN. joined adeline, seng kiat and sathiya. saw your wife chee foo but unfortunately didn't have time to talk to her. sorry bout that. the whole damn course is quite upsetting so my advice to all who have not been:go early ..don't wait until your frustrations grow as you work in the ministry.

just wondering.....the private sector is now paying MOs between RM6000-Rm7000 a month. do you suppose we could work in the private sector and become a private candidate for masters?

Kai Inn: Dun Worry.....I'm like u too...support u all the way.Why work so hard and loss all that's important in your life....dun think the world can lastmuch longer anyway with all the pollution, war, terrorism, natural disaster, unnatural disaster.......

I haven got my induksi cert and results yet even though went to the indulsi in May. APC??...duno when can get. Full registration cert...been calling since April,to no avail. Actually have the feelings that Gov not really appreciating wat we r doing. Now they say MA also can get U41 if they study for a degree (which v took 5 YEARS to get that grade)......

FEELING VERY DISGUSTED WITH FANATICAL TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

wah wah, everybody sound so serious leh!!
i am so surprise leh. where is all the fantasy and dream and poem gone??
just came back from Induksi and BTN course. no comment la. it was just unrecorded leave to me.
i haven't got my APC also. am i in deep shit? i am not going to get confirmed!! i am not going to get my master!! will i become a chronic MO or a locum freak?? selling ramli burger perhaps really is the only way out. aiyo... please la. Relax first, afterall life isn't just about carreer (hope i am not the only one think like this).
read a book during induksi time named ' norwegian wood' japanese author. very interesting but it was in chinese translation. about a sad love story of a young man trapped in between two mentally ill girls. what kind of world it was, full of psychiatric patient! maybe we were all wrong about our living world. they maybe normal that we are abnormal?? anyway,
it is this song that sang by Beatles which also named Norwegian wood. what a japanese know about norwegian wood i wonder. try listen to it!! (you can search the net for it) perhaps you will want to read it one day while you sell ramly burger.

selling ramly burger sound nice. probably will settle for tat.
apc is one big issue.
n for those who wan to check ur full reg (if, like me, havent got anything yet from MMC), call 038831403, talk to cik azlin. but u must know when did ur hospital send in ur application.
(like mine, it was only sent in dec 2004, half a year after completed housemanship.)

yes, putrajaya's number. my operator says they don't have a number yet.

WJ: about your quitting KKM and joining Min of Education plan... i think the problem is not only in the losing of seniority, the bigger issue is whether the Medical Council will recognise the years in Min of Edu for your APC. Remember we have to complete 3+1 years to get our yearly APCs and be able to go private. Well i dunno if quitting KKM early and switching to Min of Education will screw all that. Any ideas?

Of course could always finish compulsory service before transferring yourself. Which actually means you DO NOT have to quit KKM. You can actually transfer between ministry as long as u get the permission from KKM and a job from Education, in that way your seniority is not lost...

Ah... or just quit medicine and go sell Ramly burger... less stress less pain less stupid patients. All they'll want if burger, with or without mayonnaise...

Just watched the Hong Kong Disneyland opening gala on 8TV. Disneyland was definitely one of our 'must-visit places before we die'. It brings out the child in you. Will go again in the future, with our children, if we have the chance.