who is nugget? n now u really sound ,like alan
anyway, for the rest of the guys, have a merry, merry christmas... n of course happy new year 2007... may all your resolution comes true (except the world domination thing), may we have pay rise (after all, it is near election), may those who wan to study get in (which i gues i am stil ambivalent)... n of course, keep sane!

EVERYBODY HAPPY?
WE -WE- WE
AND TO HELL TO THE CHAPPY
WHO DOESN'T AGREE

GUESSSSSSSSS WHOOOOOOOOO? :)


TEE HEE HEE

Good news! Seow Voon is accepted to Internal Medicine in my hospital, the New York Medical College Internal Medicine program! She will start July 2007.

Clarisse is growing rapidly, She is the joy of our lives. We are going back to Malaysia for Chinese New Year in February.

pic of the wedding, the rest will b sent to you all on emai.

Got this news from a blog...

so how true is this? anyone from Klang able to comment...

But seriously... are u surprised? how fast do u truly think your hospital can send out a hospital for an emergency? the usual excuse will be... DREBER TAK ADA...

On the 13th of December 2006, at approx 1.30pm a road
traffic accident involving a driver driving a dark
blue proton saga and a highway road sweeper of Malay
descent, male, approx mid 20s (the road accident
victim).

The location of the accident was about 150 – 200
meters from the Batu Tiga toll booth, elite highway in
the direction towards KLIA.

I chanced upon this accident which had just happened
while on my way back to work (Ampang via KESAS).

As I approached the accident site it seemed the victim
was already dead, the driver who had knocked him down
was standing near-by and nobody dared approach to lend
assistance to the victim, almost as if this was one
time were an invasion of privacy was taboo.

I stopped my vehicle and approached, upon examining
the accident victim I found him to be still alive but
heavily concussed, his pupils were completely dilated.

Suddenly the victim grabbed my hand and tried with all
his might to raise himself to his feet. I tried to
calm him and asked by-standers if an ambulance had
been called. I was told it had not.

In a firm tone I told the driver of the car that hit
the victim to call for an ambulance. He dialed 999, it
rang until it could not ring anymore. He rang again,
again it was not answered, he rang again and passed
the phone to me. Finally someone answered (a man).

I informed him that I am reporting an accident a few
hundred meters away from the Batu Tiga Toll in the
direction of KLIA. He asked me my phone number and my
name and which hospital was nearest. I gave the info
and added that the nearest hospital to deal with this
kind of trauma is probably Klang.

At 1.57pm I received a call from 03 3371 7989 the
ambulance control center at Klang Hospital. The guy in
charge of the control center asked to speak to me and
asked for the location of the accident, which I gave
adding that the victim was dying and that this was an
extreme emergency.

The guy manning the control center did not know my
location, so I repeated it clearly and concisely. It
seemed that he needed to understand it for himself
otherwise he could not pass on the information and
dispatch the ambulance. It was a frustrating
conversation. I repeated the details of my location
and he asked me if I was sure that Klang was the
nearest hospital. I repeated firmly, yes!

I told him the injuries of the victim hoping he would
feel the urgency, instead he wanted to know whether
“dia jatuh motor ke…?” I told him politely that his
question is completely irrelevant and hurry up with
the ambulance plus I have to hang up and attend to the
victim.

I called back at 2.06pm to ask if an ambulance had
been dispatched. The same guy told me “belum”. He
asked me the same questions…I answered them.

I warned him that the next time I make a call will be
to the Menteri Besar’s office to complain about his
shoddy professionalism, so he’d better send out that
ambulance immediately. I called Salamat Dollah at
2.08pm and he helped call Klang Hospital on my behalf
to request they send out an ambulance immediately.

I waited and called the emergency control center at
Klang Hospital at 2.36pm and asked the same guy if an
ambulance had been dispatched, same answer, “belum”.

He requested me to repeat the accident location again
which I did. This time I told him that he need not
understand it just write it down and give it to the
ambulance driver along with my hp number.

I waited again. The victim was rolling in pain on the
road, his head had a gash about 10cm long on the back
of his head, the skin on his head was beginning to
peel off. His left leg was completely broken and
hanging by the flesh but the main artery was not
severed, he was not loosing much blood. His workmate
was cradling him in his arms and asking him to
mengucap kalimah syahadah.

I tried to stop further damage to his left leg by
securing it to his right leg. I told the few people
around that he is going to die if we don’t get him to
hospital. Everyone was reluctant to put him in there
car, all kinds of excuses… ada barang, kotor la,
berdarah la… Meanwhile the victim was grabbing on to
my clothes and body in pain, unable to talk possibly
due to his head injury.

Finally the driver who knocked him down allowed us to
use his car to send the victim to the hospital. But he
was too shaken-up to drive. Another gentleman offered
to drive but did not know how to exit the Elite
highway to get towards Klang Hospital. I asked him to
follow me and so we drove off as fast as we could head
towards USJ - Federal Highway – Klang. We had to go
through so many toll gates, some paying, some after
explaining briefly, let us through.

On the Federal Highway despite our attempts to notify
motorist that we were in a state of emergency many
blocked our path and only relented to give way when I
practically sat on my car horn.

We arrived in Klang and I called the emergency control
center guy for directions to the hospital. I was by
this time quite distressed and pronounced the name of
the hospital wrongly. The guy in the control center
told me there was no such hospital in Klang, so I said
to him. “Have you sent out an ambulance to the Batu
Tiga toll accident site ? No, right? So since you
cannot understand were the accident is we are sending
the victim to you. This is an emergency can you give
me directions to your hospital or not??”

Finally he did.

When we arrived at Klang Hospital I had a hard time
looking for the staff to bring a trolley to remove the
victim from the car. I asked for assistance from two
nurses but did not receive a response. I took a
trolley and pushed it to the car, suddenly a hospital
aide appeared, then another, as we tried to remove the
victims body from the car, it was then that the
co-worker who had been cradling the victim in the car
said that he has stopped breathing.

The hospital aides rushed the victim into the A&E room
and I followed, as he was wheeled in there was no
immediate response from the doctors, it was obvious
this young man with his whole life ahead of him had
died in the car on the way to the hospital.

I was so angry, my words were simple – “Kecuaian pihak hospital menghantar ambulance membantu
mangsa ini telah mengecewakan rakyat.”

The aide asked me to be calm. How could any human
being be calm when face with such stupidity and total
lack of regard for human life? The aide showed me the
IC and asked me to confirm if this was the victim. I
confirmed. I briefly saw the name Mohd Yusry and his
age was somewhere in his mid- twenties.

As I walked away from the A&E room in disgust I saw
the control center. A guy was sitting in it with a
female nurse looking at a computer (very close and
comfy).

I approached him and asked if he was the person who
took my calls, he knew my name and I asked him for
his, he declined. I asked him why he did not dispatch
an ambulance to which he replied something brash.

I asked him if he was happy as the victim was
unnecessarily dead and that I am going to ensure that
his lackadaisical attitude to his job was brought to
the public attention. I asked him for his name again
along with the nurse who was sitting next to him
“playing” with the computer. He refused to give it to
me. Feeling very frustrated I called Salamat Dollah
and informed him that regretfully the road accident
victim a young Malay man had died in the car on the
way to the hospital and that no ambulance had been
dispatched.

This is not the first time I have called for an
ambulance and used the 999 services. Every time I have
called for an ambulance it has never arrived, never.
Why??

This is the first road accident victim I have helped
who has actually died. Everyone else I have helped
before this has survived.

THE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ARE:

1) The strategic location of a free government
hospital able to deal with serious road accident
trauma in Shah Alam (densly populated area with much
traffic activity).

and/or

1.1) Emergency response centers created where the
Balai Bomba have special ambulances and police squad
cars for dispatching purposes only to accident /
incident locations and to the nearest hospital / balai
police (ambulances need NOT be parked permanently at
hospitals).

2) Road signs giving clear and proper directions to
hospitals (there are hardly any such signs).

3) Special Emergency Exits through toll gates. And
signs declaring their existence + a phone number to
call ahead so that they can be opened.

4) The name of the Highways, Elite, Kesas, Federal etc
clearly advertised so that road users are able to
identify their location under emergency circumstances.

5) Professionally trained personnel with various
languages who have true empathy and value the human
life, manning emergency response centers. Who
consistently answer calls on the first or second ring.

6) An emergency station located at the emergency
parking lot with a big sign above it (similar to the
car jockey service at hotels) to receive patients.
That is manned 24 hours a day, never ever left
unattended.

7) An ISO reponse time from the time you send out an
sos call to 999 you will receive the assistance you
need within 15 min.

These are my simple suggestions. Life is precious and
should be preserved above all else. Without regard for
one another what kind of country are we leaving for
our children to inherit ??

wow,
rebecca must be raking in the $$$ in IMU. i heard from my colleague (IMU grad) that they r charging rm 500 just for application form to enter uni only. that's application. not that u got in already.
thanks, wen jih for the update on our long time no see friends.

news from my side is that Giant supermarket is open. n probably macD next year. secret recipe is already open. waiting for macD and hopefully cineplex soon. nearly went to see casino royale in Arasu cinema here...........

Just came back from BTN in Ulu Kenas yesterday. Thanks Adeline for the info. It was actually not bad. My friend who attended BTN in Langkawi said there was a lot of brainwashing and the trainers were very strict. The ones who handled mine were reasonable and just a lot of talk on how we should be thankful we live in Malaysia, why unity is so important etc. Abseiling was not as scary the second time round (we did it during induksi as well) and the kembara was fun (haven't gone jungle trekking in a long time). I got camp A, which is older than Camp B. The first day I arrived was quite dreary as it rained heavily, but subsequently the surrounding greenery was indeed refreshing. I also attended with juniors so some advice to those who haven't attended: Go before you find yourself one of the most senior participants there.
Some news updates. Cheah has passed his Part 2B MRCP. Rebecca is getting married on 3rd December. She surprised me with a wedding invitation through sms. She's now working as a lecturer in IMU and doing research on drugs to fight cancer.
Good luck to all you guys who applied for masters.

yikes! tat was fast, well, as for psy, the interview is by conjoint board so usually it is in jan.

anyway, just came back from yap's wedding, so here is the update:
was really nice to meet up with the rest of gang.
just to update ppl on the where abouts of those around (just in case anyone need any "expert opinion")
kb (ENT, Klang), kwan long (skin, GHKL), yee siang (onco, GHKL), ys lee (med, klang, n all the best in ur coming exam!) tong ming (ane, klang), lee ding (batu gajah hosp), teck choon (med, ipoh), ngou (ent, sg petani) carren (ent seremban)

n teck choon jr. is soooo cute.
n had a road trip to bagan lalang after the wed lunch, it was a nice trip, thanks guys! too bad yee siang n kwan long had to left after seafood dinner, next day went to stop by tg sepat... well, it was a refreshing holiday.

got so fast/ early meh...?
dun think i heard anyone went interview yet lo
usually it is the typical govt speed wan...last minute wan....in fact....in may, they inform u just 2 weeks prior to the entry into uni...so for ppl like me, have to dash and fly back to KL lo....siao wan...
jan interview usually...

i heard some ppl who applied masters for surgery and neurosurgical in USM got called up for interview. anyone here got called up? not much blogging activity ya? guess everyone's just busy or tired. on call tomorrow myself. keep ur fingers crossed for me....

no news is good news, well, guess everyone is busy with work. for those who r goin south for yap wedding, c u all there!

seok hong, i went to ulu kenas for BTN with yan wei last year.
plenty of singing wawasan 2020 song.
the ppl (ex commandos) there are nice though they try to project a tough, no nonsense image. i enjoyed it more than my induksi.
however, be careful about the food. my group found flies' eggs in our fish. so look before u eat, however hungry u may be. oh, 5 meals a day. gotta wake up early but for non muslims, later.
be sure to wear PLAIN white top and dark pants/long skirt cos u may get comments otherwise.no flowery business.
you'll like the abseilling (not sure how to spell it). though yanwei said i looked green just before i jumped-darn scared of heights.nice waterfall there but we're not allowed to play there-many drowning incidents.
surroundings are beautiful, hope u get camp B which is higher up and can walk pass waterfall often.
bring mosi repellent.got separate bathrooms so no need to mandi berkemban.

what is everyone else up to?
its been so quiet.
by the way, i've gotten addicted to the show "so u think u can dance".
anyone else watching this??

Alas, we do not know what was running through our O&G colleagues' minds when they knew the mother was carrying 5 fetuses. My specialist asked the same question as well. When the news of the quintuplets came to us, the mother was already in labour. I personally think it would've been kinder to terminate 2 of the fetuses and let the other 3 have a higher chance of surviving till near term but I don't know whether it is illegal to do so.

Anyway, I'm going for BTN in Ulu Kenas, Perak. Any of you been there?

seok hong: just wondering, how come they didn't reduce the quintuplets to maybe triplets to increase survival rates of the others? do we do it in malaysia? i've never had quintuplets in sban before so not sure of th protocol.

Was on call on Deepavali, 1st, 3rd and 5th day of Raya. Damn tired. You guys must have also heard about the quintuplets. Sad that we couldn't save even one of them. The last one deteriorated on the day I was on call. On top of that, we had a set of triplets and another set of twins. It's been multiple pregnancy week in Alor Setar. Our chronic ventilated patients in PICU also decided to turn bad during the long break. Luckily the quintuplets came out on a working day so that a few of us could stand by at once. It was chaotic in OT and NICU but at least we were a bit prepared. Too prem at 26 weeks and too small. Wish we could have saved at least one of them for the parents' sake.

Happy deepavali and selamat hari raya to those who celebrate!
Was on call over the deepavali weekend and only 4 people broke their noses and one broken ear!
hip hip hooray!
of course one of the broken nose also had broken his zygoma, maxilla and mandible. All because he was trying to hit his wife during his drinking bouts and was pushed to the ground by his son.

Happy deepavali and Selamat Hari Raya to those celebrating.

And good luck to all those doing calls over the long holidays

add me to the list of ambivalent people, yet dumb enuf to hand in the form...

to master or not to master
that is the question

submitted application already
am sure that i will regret during the masters programme itself - that is, if i get it...

paper chase - guilty as charged

Master advert out today. Can check in today's NST or Berita Minggu. Can start applying online via www.mohe.gov.my
Good luk to all

finally got my confirmation, after numerous calling up to putrajaya. well, not necessary to get transfer with or without confirmation, just apply for places short of staff, n u wil get sent. yet to do btn also, no black n white sayin tat must do rite.. tryin to evade as much as possible... n stil ambivalent on doin master this year.....

Guess what guys? I just went for my induksi. Yup, after 3 years in service. I had mine in a hotel in Sg. Petani. Attended with all the juniors. Went with low expectations after hearing all the stories from those who went before me. But it turned out to be all right (except for the exam of course). Tiring but not as hectic as I thought. Food was great. (I heard stories of how at one induksi, the same food was served over and over again). We didn't have a lot of variety each meal but different food was served almost everyday. We also had steamboat and barbecue dinner. The team building was fun. We also had repelling and flying fox. I hear not all centres have these facilities. My induksi only lasted for 12 days. And have yet to attend BTN. Organisers say they are having one in November and all of us who went for the induksi this time will get to go. Hope my head of department releases me.
Hear that we will know our results after one month but the paperwork for confirmation takes 1 - 1 1/2 years to settle. So, guess I won't be able to apply for Masters soon. The other thing is, they say it's easier to get transfer after being confirmed. Thinking of a change of environment since have been at same hospital since housemanship.

hi adeline,
no star spangled banner....
PTK 1? i heard that it's not easy...but i think should get over and done with it as soon as possible...good luck to you...tell us all bout it after that....sejarah/ wawasan/ tonggak bla blah.....

first thing i did on this glorious merdeka day is to watch O....prah .....discussing on craniopagus parasiticus (?? wat der....?) tell me....what could me more interesting than that!

i've called siti rokiah many times. probably can get hold of her like 20% of the time. it's quite frustrating cos she will be just saying the thing was sent to spa n gotta call those guys there yadda yadda. by the way, she's a new girl if that gives anyone any further comfort.
apparently its not 2 weeks. the spa bunch needs 1 month to process the thing. my stuff's been in KKM since late july. got myself a confirmation date verbally told by some spa guy but no paper. equals zero progress.

my HR clerk has put me up for PTK 1. Hmmm....
anyone got any idea what we gotta read for that?
pls advice.
Happy Merdeka! remember to fly those stripes!

yes, getting our confirmation done is a hassle and they say waiting time to see dr is bad!

i'm sure by now, most of us have done our induction. after getting the certs, proper surat aku janji, med check-up and surat pengesahan lantikan jawatan, these set of papers will be sent to your state office which will make a cover letter and send it to KKM who will send it to SPA with another cover letter. And should u any time find a delay and ask them how's the progress, they will pick little problems in it and shift the blame to other ppl to cover their inadequecies.

Anyhow, in KKM, the person in charge now is cik siti rokiah. in SPA, there r different ppl in charge for different files. So, no specific names.

Yes, by choosing pencen scheme, we fall under another protocol where they process our pencen scheme applications and confirmation together hence the delay since like in my case, i got my forms signed before i completed 3 years. i had to send down the form back personally due to the lacking of knowledge in the management side.

well, good news is once u have the above forms sent to kkm and spa, they will each take 2 wks to process and should be sending back the documents on your confirmation. unfortunately, as our putrajaya is somewhere in bermuda triangle, postmen there have much difficulty travelling in and out of that zone.

till then, we can only pray for the brave postmen who are fighting part of the battle for us!

(alan went to putrajaya and has not heard frm him since. that was 2 weeks ago)

hi ppl,
i'm changing my e mail add to adechensm@yahoo.com. cant stand reactivating my hotmail account over n over again.
i heard alan got into HKL. is that true? why's he so silent? crushed by the workload?

chiew leng, i n my whole desperate induksi gang bought school kids baju kurung (primary school) for BTN. i think we depleted the entire pangkor (our induksi was there before BTN).
we even bought big pieces of big white cloth-to pass off as selendang.

in the end, no need baju kurung or selendang. just white top n black or dark colored(better dark blue) pants or skirt. one cheap skate way - ask ur nurses to pinjam u la. i borrowed skirt from my staff.

never heard of BTN need for masters.
my PERMOHONAN for sah jawatan is still in SPA- just great!!!! seng kiat's one is somewhere in between ipoh and putrajaya- headed toward putrajaya n not back to ipoh unfortunately.
maybe partly due to our induksi in sept last year - late la
anyone know who to pester?
the lady i called (AINON) seemed bored and uninterested.

apparently, if u choose the pension option, ur permohonan for confirmation only can send from ur hospital once complete 3 years service. terrible.

our fates r in the hands of some pen pushers in cushy chairs.

tan kooi yen is that you....?
yea, i guess putting my names down for btn wont hurt...

went cambodia trip 2 months ago...must-go place!

wanna go to bangkok next trip. anyone got travelogues to share?
maybe i shud start a food blog or travelblog

HEY guys...

Must go BTn or not for masters?? i mean...i am confirmed oredi in service...
i know to be promoted as part of PTK, need btn la.

to those who went BTN, must wear baju kurung putih and selendang?i mean...check this website on BTN http://www.btn.gov.my/bm/?page=7

PLease answer somebody.....

supposedly civilized people in tertiary education centre turn out to b barbaric after all.... wanted to make some cynical remarks here but afraid tat ISA will come after me, even though with the internet nic ...

take a look at this videoclip , happened inUPM...

sad... whats this country coming to?

remember the big fat red shirted thugs face, he'll probably be a minister someday....

ngou, apparently it is not so weird. The incidence of laryngeal/ hypopharynx ca is higher up north. that is what my specialist said. good la, got eayly training, see one, assist one and do one! haha

dunno what happened in Sg Petani.
had lots of laryngeal/ hypopharyns CA lately......had total laryngectomy almost every week for nearly 2mths....had to go home late(>9pm) nearly every op day although not oncall.......sa cham...after having good life for so long..post op care is even more troublesome..

weird patient with weird stuff do exist.....
recently removed a piece of rusted nail from a guy's nasal cavity which had been inside there for >50 YEARS!!!! but he presented to me only c/o tongue pain!!. i check his nose as well as he c/o rarelt had min epistaxis, but no other nasal s/s. So dudes, weird stuff do happened, check all places that we think should be check whenever we see our patient...hehe...

i also didnt go for BTN... crossing my fingers.. dun plan to go...he.he.

i m confirmed without the BTN
and last year application for Masters did not state that we nd to go thru BTN before application - but. this things may change. i havent gone for BTN yet

ngou: only for those who didn't go for the BTN during their induction.

???aikk?? i thot v oredi went to BTN when attending induksi?? still hav to go again ah??

yeeling is going to BTN at pantai chenang, langkawi island.
hey guys, know who else is going? 4-8 july. She is the only one from Jb hosp. And pengarah let her claim 'gantian kapal terbang'.

BTN: it's actually in the circular that BTN is necessary for confirmation. but mostly applied to those who has not done their induction and they usually go for both at a time.

I just came back from BTN in Ulu Sepri, Rembau. It was great. we had it together with the jabatan penjara which was a blessing in disguise. Admittedly or not, doctors are not a very boisterous bunch. The prison officers surely lightened up the sessions. There was no brainwashing at all ( unless my skull too thick and i didn't get their brainwashing). No sensitive issues touched. Mainly more on how we should be loyal govt officers which i think is ok. Food not too great as i think they may have catered from my hosp - yucks and living conditions were so-so. We slept in double decker beds and had to share toilets like in UM hostel. We had separate cubicles and shower!!! (Expectations weren't to great)

Scenery was great. Surrounded by forest and had a river run through the camp site. Had line dancing instead of marching. Exams were logical and Kembara was fantastic! Best of all it actually rained. nice!

The truth is, i actually forced the JKNS to send me for BTN because I was tired of tagging daily - HAHA. Anyways, I have no regrets going and thankfully, my tagging finishes this thur!

To those who are contemplating bout going for BTN, better get it done now as it's better to go with ppl u r familiar with. As for my current group, I was with my juniors. still ok. Later, our bones will be less nimble and our brain may not be able to withstand the brainwashing as experienced in the other states. Go with open mind, and enjoy 5 days work-free and crap-talking!

Eh-hem, I see budding politicians here. By the way, are you guys compounding your lack of sleep by watching the world cup?
Carren, good to hear that you got what you wanted. How's Shin Yi? Has she applied for transfer?
Alan, long time no hear from you except for that utterly true sms on top 9 reasons why somebody wants to become a doctor. Are you still in Kuala Pilah?
Ah Ngou, long time no hear too.
Hope to hear more good news all around (people getting married, passing exams etc.)

many of our ancestors ran away from china generation ago.
does it mean that we have to do the same thing again.
we were born here for good or bad, we must not give it away easily.
if i were to die on this land of malaysia, i will fight for it not only for me but for our future generations.
so stay or migrate? still proud to be m'sia?

wa yap... DAP supporter?

what's in the blog is true, and i think most people knows it, consciously or subconsciously... the question is... what are we going to do or what can we do about it?

are we going to sit back idly and hope for the better, or leave the country for the dogs and run away...

are we willing to fight for change? however hard and impossible it may seem?

q: do all of us need to go for btn? any implication if not go ah? coz purposely didnt apply for this year. lazy to go. n stupid confirmation plus apc is stil stuck in putrajaya (i hope it is stuck there, if not, tat means it is stil in jkn level)

Chee Foo: hey, 1 mth tagging already good. others had to tag 2 mths. but not bad, can charge them passive call daily and each time they call me to go back and see something, i get to collect milage.

As for confirmation, mine only just departed from seremban on 1/6/06 but has not reached KKM yet. Crap la. i sent mail to UK and my friend already reached it in shorter time than that! Anyhow, keep on pestering them or deliver it yourself. I think this is like tracing blood results. can not trust the attendants. they will stop for marketing and a smoke before u get any back. better just go on your own.

Went for Basic surgical skills course with khaibeng few days ago. met up with Fariz.She's in paeds surg now and getting married in Dec to a Chinese muslim guy! Congrats to her!

I'm also going for BTN next wk. wish me luck! any advice before i get there?

yong: eh. i lost ur number la. anyway, yim remember u, though recall more of ur sis, n say hi.

yong: yeap, it is Yim Sit Wai. went to PMC, sermban for hosueman, n to HBUK after finishin houseman. wife from kl. he will b back in N9 in mid june. will send u the contact no. remind me if i forgot. will send regards to him on ur behalf.

congrats carren for joining the ORL fraternity....u so lucky can hav 1 mth tagging. i started oncall after 3 days tagging last time due to lack of MOs...u sure will enjoy ur Dept.
anybody got their 'pengesahan jawatan' yet?? how do we DIY to speed up the process? the cc, admin.JKN,KKM and SPA taking forever to do this simple thing...

congrats again for u all for getting into ur dep... n for those who r askin for interstate transfer, ask around, coz inter state transfer shall occur on mid june.
n for seremban ppl, not sure whether u guys remember yim or not, he is goin back to n9.

started ENT last week. one of the specialist pestered cc that he can no longer stay till 6pm seeing pts.wish me luck as i start my 1 month tagging in june.

congrats to those who manage to get back to civilization! dun worry la, u wil eventually get wat u wan.. think positive!

hmm..
sounds like a great time to clear all those mountains of accumulated leave carren, b4 u join ENT which doesnt look too good for leave taking opportunities

sigh... no surprise tho, CC has extended my stay in A&E. Now I am to wait till the new ppl from district come to sban before i can go to ENT. But as i am waiting, 2 more ppl has joined A&E. next month, another 5. with only 2 working MOs in ENT, one would ask if logic even exists in the CC's head. Anyhow, I can not complain with the massive workforce in A&E as well as shift hours.Life is definitely still bearable! :-D

wow. tat bring life to the blog.

yong jr: cute baby.... just wish can pinch the cheek...

carren: congrats on the transfer, hope u can go back to ent. seems most of us r where we wanted to b. pray hard lor

yap: wil b comin south sometime soon (to lepak in jempol for holiday again.) meet u down south if around. tat goes for u too carren.

Thanks! Guys, meet Clarisse.

Alan said to me 'Now you have two wonderful ladies in your life'. I can't agree more.

Congrats lee kien n seow voon on arrival of new member in the family

Carren....Sorry to hear that the Yang Berbahagia di Administratio has decided to veto n make u dibuangkan negeri to A & E. This menaces in Administratio should be trialed for their cruelty...!!!

I hate having flu....

greetings from sban. I'm now in A&E. Apparently the medical dept is critically short with 20 MOs (previously they were doing fine with 10). So, instead of sending me to med, CC has delayed my entry into ENT by sending me to casualty for two weeks. Apparently to appease the medical specialists.

On the other hand, casualty is not too bad as we have 18 MOs including me. Only problem is i am too old for tagging. It is really exhausting. Lucky only 3 days. Day 2 today and counting down. Only hope they won't forget and just leave me to rot in A&E!

01.02.03.04.05.06
anyone making a fuss/ celebration out of this?
i am going to sleep through this "once in a lifetime" moment

aiyo, yap don't let yr pengarah stop u. my pengarah also said nd pengganti and i went ahead with it. plenty of ppl want nearby places such as jelebu. afterall, they r beginning to kick out our one yr jrs. so there'll be plenty of ppl to ganti u.

happy easter! +

hello everyone. i will be going back to sban in may. glad to be back in big hosp but my kaki not there anymore. sob sob!!!!

helooooooooooooooooooo
why is everybody so quiet..............?

i'm on leave. away from 'routine' work. on and off break from work is definite must.
desperate housewives are coming back.
grey's anatomy is on, pilot show was 2 days ago.
think House is a better show - can relate to some of the sarcastic side of House.

everyone is really into routine work oredi? seems quiet....

everywhere shopping complexes mushrooming...even here in KK, hew malls being constructed. Already the jam that i have to go thru in KK to go to work, like 45 minutes...is like KL..argh....
Last i remember of kuching baktisiswa is WIsma Seberkas! haha...still remember that place...

Just came back from Kuching on Sunday. There are more shopping complexes there now. Met up with Ling Yin as she was transporting patient from Sibu. HFMD very serious at her area. All the doctors' leave frozen. Most of the time I hung out at the waterfront area. It was a good break though.

fuel price increase is killing me!am travelling everyday to work.. think will go brancrupt if there is no increase in pay..wat price to pay to stay at home.
ps. should b around in kl for the weekend for course. anyone around?

Parliamentary sessions again

and looks like we have animals there... python no less...

check out http://www.jeffooi.com/2006/03/parliamentary_sitcom_and_court.php

then again... whats so surprising... macam macam boleh di bolehland...

anybody being hurt by the fuel price rice?? or life just goes on? anybody changing lifestyle and taking the LRT or public transport to work?

gues everyone is down with just routine work.....

i am still with the blog. almost alwatys visit this blog for any news of you guys everytime i get online.
perhaps seok hong is right about it that nothing been happening other than rountine and more routines.
good luck pals....

Added RSS site feed for the blog...

what this means is that if u have a new aggregattor or are using Mozilla Firefox live bookmarks, u can just view any updates on your news aggregator, no need come to the webpage...

so hows everyone? so quiet? all bored to death? or in places without internet?

going to be 3 years since we started housemanship, time flies

Probably quiet because nothing new to share. Life quite routine: Work, rest, on call, sleep, work again. Anyway, flying to Kuching next week for perinatal conference. I just realized that it's been almost 5 years since I went to Kuching for Baktisiswa. Too bad no one else our batch is going. Or else can 'lepak' together. Anyway, probably can see you guys in other courses to come.

?teiuq os enoyreve yhw

Chee Foo: Oh no, that sounds like a really bad fall. What actually happened? Hope everything is ok now.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. - Oscar Wilde

hi, everyone....
welcome yappie to this blog....may all of us stay connected until heavens fall

am going to KL this weekend for an ENT course in The Westin Hotel. Will b staying in The Concorde Hotel. So any1 wanna meet up and hav some fun?...hehe.... Initially thot my wife can come together but she had a bad fall n injured her back muscles and tendons. NOw mostly RIB....hopefully she can get well soon.
Congrats WJ for finally getting wat u wanted, seeing patients in car (hei, kind of like animal safari,eh...just this one human safari)....
Tony, why r u getting yourself posted more n more ulu than before. Hopefully you wont finally become a Dr. Tarzan.....

thank you, but am thankful tat no cards come to me....
the place is so huge here, tat need to drive to make rounds. so many in patients tat if they really go havoc, the town will b smashed flat

happy belated valentine's day to all! and thank you wen jih, any cards from yr patients? :)

yes, i am not "siao" yet. well, everyone seems so quiet nowadays, probably on recovery phase post cny. or broke from valentine.
so anyway, happy belated valentine everyone, n happy belated to feb babies: mc (who is enjoying himself in alor setar) n also to carren next week!

wah...welcome song hong to our blog...once a blogger, always a blogger....
wen jih not siao la... yet......

yes, guys, finally am back in hospital bahagia tanjung rambutan.... n i am bahagia bout tat!day 1 was ok.. shall take few days off to move my stuff....gonnna earn something from the transfer claim...

Happy Chinese New Year!

We are back in Malaysia. Will start work on Sunday. Had a great time in the cities of New York and Chicago. Went to many historical, artistic and contemporary tourist attractions. NY is as diverse, fast-pace and exciting as what we see on Friends/Seinfeld/Sex and the City/The Apprentice/numerous other movies. Chicago is a slower pace metropolis and is a nicer place to have a family. We saved a lot of money by renting a Columbia University student's room.

About two-thirds of foreign medical graduates in the States are Indian nationals. During the tour of the wards (as part of the interview itinerary), the Indian graduates were going like, 'oh that's my senior over there, oh that physician is an alumni of my medical school, etc'. Apparently, Indian medical students take the USMLE by bulk during their medical school, and there is a mass exodus to USA/UK every year upon graduation. The quality of these graduates vary greatly (as we all already know - we do work with a lot of HO or MOs who went to India to study medicine). Some of them are mainly targeting a green card. Doctors in my position will be eligible to apply for a PR status within 3 years, and then go into private practice after the 3-year specialty training. (But I will be aiming for a subspecialty fellowship after the initial 3-year training). India is really exporting their doctors to USA. Other foreign doctors are from Central and South America, and Philippines. Surprisingly, USA also recruits doctors from the Middle East (Syria, Lebanon, Iran) despite all the Sept 11, Iraq and Palestine political issues.

hey wen jih, hmm u got perak???!!! yeah another worker !!!!
happy new year ppl.... more like happy taking the opportunity to take loooooongg leave. ok la moderately long la. those of u who havent increased their weight by at least 5 kg since new year eve,, eat up man!!!!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! This year we see people moving to different hospital, different state and even different country. May all your endeavours meet with success, and remember to stay healthy and happy!

GONG XI FATT CHOY everybody!!

Great things happening to every one!
Congrats on getting a post in NY leekien! anyone else setting their foot elsewhere...ie UK...OZ?
Then we can have an international medicblog!

Congrats wenjih on transferring back to homestate! may ur transfer claim usher in the wealth of the new dog year!

Congrats everybody!! On surviving (2 1/2 years n counting ) and continuing this journey in medical life!

Keep this blog going guys!

to everyone:
happy chinese new year, another year down the drain but the new has come, so, keep an optimistic outlook for the year ahead!

yong: congrats!

.. n finally i am out of n9 n shall report back to perak on feb... n tat means shorter cny break...

adeline: do u mean the vegetable choy sum or the god, choy san? because in tampin, it is not unusual to buy choy sum and get free oranges!

yong: congrats! glad to see after much hard work and patience, it has worked out for u and your new family! all the best and hope to hear plenty more adventures from the states!

all: happy chinese new year to all celebrating! to those on call, may it be a peaceful one!

happy chinese new year and gong xi fa chai to all

Dear all

Happy Chinese New Year!!!!

as a side note, those into Paediatrics, note that UMMC is holding a Paediatric Liver Update course on the 6th and 7th of April 2006. Price for MO is RM150

with that, have a prosperous new year

Hi everyone!!

Happy Chinese New Year!

We are writing this in Chicago! I am offered a resident position in the New York Medical College-Metropolitan Hospital Internal Medicine program! I will undergo 3 years training in Internal Medicine and then hope to get into a subspecialty fellowship program after that. I will start July 1st 2006. Seow Voon will wait for an offer until March.

And yes, we are expecting a baby girl this May! We are so looking forward to have her.

Truly, a year of great change. Sure, difficult times lie ahead, but it we will persevere and make it big.

Catch up with you guys when we get back.

hi everyone
why's everyone kinda quiet this days. me as usual work eat sleep n sleep routine. CNY is round the corner but i feel like ebenezer scrooge, no new clothes, not bought any goodies yet and believe it or not, just ate one mandarin orange so far-that was given out by a fake choy sum in a supermarket. one more call to go-on the eve of the eve. then it's sleep eat sleep for at least 5 days, i hope.....

Albert Einstein:
So long as there are men there will be wars.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~


I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself the master of that line
~A.Carnegie~

Happy New Year buddies......
So Lee Kien n Seow Voon onw in US ah...heard they r expecting new member in their family soon....
WOnder though how they manage to get such a long leave?????
And Congrats to all those who passed their MRCP or MRCPCH Part 2A...!!!!!!!
aaaiiiii...people r so successful and advance and i'm still nowhere near my aspiration....sighhhh....
BTW, y Alan haven show his presence up here...

wah, looks like lee kien really took chiew leng's advice literally!

We are going to New York and Chicago tomorrow! And we will be back in early February.

tips for de new year guys!

• learn the rules so you know how to BREAK them properly
• dont let a LITTLE dispute break a GREAT relationship!
• once a year go somewhere you have never been before!

Cannot wait till chinese new year!!!

was on call on new year. luckily i guess the drunken got too drunk even to get to their cars so it was rather quiet(don't forget if you get to sleep by 3am in morning in GH JB while on call IT IS CONSIDERED GOOD CALL already!!)
too much hope for this coming year isn't good but i guess it is our human nature of way coping with our hopeless life.
anyway, bear your soul well. don't loss it or sell to the evil, ok! happy new year my fellow bloggermates.

happy new year! let's hope everyone gets the great change the hope for!