exam exam exam

think the political wave is nearly over... now is time to observe wat will become in the next few years, result of the political storm tat overtook all. anyway, am concentrating on exam oredi... hopefully everything will b ok...

good luck to all having part 1 masters soon,
and best wishes to those applying and awaiting masters application.

the weather has been crazy, sign of global warming...
please do our bit, and plant a tree....or shrub.....
this is a result of amateur gardener...and proud of it! (look at the plump purple shrubs!!!!! planted those 4 months ago!), and introducing our pet dog...PATCH.
admin: amateur gardener calling nearly every day to check on plant's progress, tenant very stressful in caring for it

Activity report 2008

Check out our blog entries. During the first year, the entries were massive followed by a sudden drop which may be due to housemanship. Then a surge in 2005 when i think we managed to find time for normal living again. Slowly.... the numbers dropped until suddenly in March 2008, there is a flurry of activity!

If anything, at least the elections have made us a little more vocal. In fact, I'm not sure if anybody noticed, the language has also become a bit more poetic!

interesting few years ahead

yeap, agreed tat the next few years would b really diff. seems pkr honourable advisor really is comin up d. dunno how it will change the scene. even got news tat the opposition is supporting him to b the next pm if opposition win. hmmm.. interesting.....
just wait n c wat happen la....

Anwar vs Razeleigh?

http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/4697/1/

This is from RPK's website. It's interesting, and probably not too far off the mark. Anwar is definitely making moves to get some BN defectors, and Badawi with his new cabinet list has just alienated some factions within UMNO. So sit back, pop some corn, and let the show begin!!!

It's gonna be a sprint to the finish in this political marathon.

abolishment of race base party, perhaps??

The cabinet ministers list out, unfortunately, many parlimentarians from east coast were negleted AGAIN, eventhough combined,they form the bulk of BN parlimentarians... and the ruling party in BN, well, they just won slightly more than 50% of total BN parlimentarians but taking 22 of 32 minister posts...to talk about fairness (eventhough we r quite lucky in the sense that certain son-in-law was not in the cabinet, yet...) Wonder if things will be different if all the other component parties in BN merge and stand up against the ruling party. Mayb then, their voices will be heard and BN can be saved and improved, or even the rakyat may root for them again. And anybody had any inkling bout our new boss?? i know he's a science graduate, MBA but nearly no working experience in private before (join and work within MCA right after graduate), but anything else?? Hopefully he can do as good as, if not better than, our prev minister.

Would like to see DAP,PKR and PAS merge one day (minus the religion,racial,wealth and status sentiments), promoting Bangsa Malaysia and fairness for all regardless of race or religion. Then, mayb they dont have to be government-in-waiting anymore, and will become the government of all Malaysians. If this day come, BN might as well bungkus,unless they do something dramatic..
Even Singapore will be sweating with a stronger,fairer more united Malaysia...hehe..

Soap opera

Personally I think the whole show was just a charade. DAP need to act like they don't agree at first, otherwise malu. It's just a matter of who they can insult less, and whose support they are willing to forgo at this point of time. I believe everything had probably been agreed upon, but each party must put on a show to be seen to protect their and their voters own interest.

Very interesting indeed. Politicians cannot be trusted...

tide not settle

so pas had taken the mb slot, and control 3 mb in total, so pkr have on mb, and dap has one state... it is defintely a new era. hopefully everything is gonna b alrite. the bickering in perak? it is unavoidable... if dap dun make any noise at al, it gonna b worse, already some ppl r not satisfy pas taking the mb seat despite having the lowest number of seats. ... it gonna be a uphill battle for dap next election...

The price of change

No major change is without its risks. No major change is without hiccups along the way. People abhor change, even when its good for them. Familiarity is comforting. Change is just so uncertain, even if gains can be made.

Stay cool everyone. Have confidence in our voice.

Demonstration against change has happened in Penang. It is their right. They may not see things as we do. Do not get upset. If the change is right everyone will benefit. In the long run even they will realise. No point fighting now, verbally or physically.

Squabbling...

So Perak MB is coming from PAS.

DAP has protested.

Not a good start for the coalition.

I am hopeful they will resolve their differences.

Please don't spoil the opportunity the Rakyat has given you.

was attending a dinner at One World Hotel when results started trickling in. Beside me, Peter was sitting uneasily.Together, we were both excited and worried...why, our 'beloved' BN leaders fell like bowling pins hit by Shalin Zulkifli one by one(dats the excited part)...but worried coz... what if 513 happen again......had planned to sleep in the hotel lobby or parking lot that night..
But alls well in the end...WHEWWW!!! and thus start the new dawn for our beloved country and exciting news and development (hopefully for the better) for many days and months to come. May all the elected representatives work hard to fulfil what they had promised.

Its truly MERDEKA again for Malaysia....

new dawn

once there was a country which was dry for ages. the tribe leaders insisted that the people to be thankful for at least there are land to plant crops. the poor people was not satisfied, so they pray for rain, storm cloud gathered, and it started raining, and on the sea horizon, it was seen that tsunami wave is appearing.

indeed it was really really exciting election. plus the point that my first time voting. but the result was so exciting, it all started with a certain MP from snail river was kicked out. friends gather in front of tv to wait for result. (this remind me of world cup d)... but the media was so slow, and bias. so decided to go home, online, and shocking result was out bit by bit in malaysiakini. state by state fallen. finally at 4am decided to slept. perak had won by opposition (plus the fact tat was having prolong DOTA session with online gamers)...

colleagues still talk bout it whole day today, noone acutally could say whether the result is good or not. but still, tis is really a strong message to the government that the people is not as naive as they were years ago. 2/3 majority was broken, in some way, least there are some check and balance in power. absolute power corrupt absolutely rite! and the comin 4-5 years are crucial tat the opposition to prove their words. after all, if they screw things up, the next election would be another tsunami but towards the other election.

as for perakians, the thrill is not over yet. the mb is not decided upon... gun cheong ...

Comedy Central tribute

We Have Spoken

I think there is just so much that one can take and it is evident in yesterday's election. I can only hope that the PA will be able to work together to make the change. PA is made of so many different parties and I am sure they each have their own agenda. I only wish for a country which is peaceful, just and not corrupted. Do you think that is too idealistic?

I VOTED!

i voted for the first time in my life!
and i hoped it made a difference!

Where were you and what were your thoughts on last night?

I just couldnt suppress the goosebumps when results of opposition doing well started trickling in at around 7pm. Was out having dinner with my parents and nearby was a BN election centre. Walking in we saw gloomy faces and utterence of "ga liao dou!!" by the BN supporters. Hope of change was evident... little did we know this would be a political tsunami.

Went back home and switched on the TV. Results there were horrendously slow, and analysis were still biased towards the MSM. So went online. Thank god for Malaysiakini. Jaw dropped when saw DAP sweeping Penang. More surprises as Kedah fell, then shockingly Selangor and Perak as well!!

Now I wanted to make sure that BN loses its 2/3 majority. Unofficially it has been announced it will be so. But I had to make sure. Stayed up till 4am, till cannot tahan went to sleep. Next morning woke up and log on, and saw it confirmed.

The morning couldn't have been prettier in Penang that day.

So where were the rest of you last night? Do share your thoughts.

What now?

So the people have spoken, the voice of the Rakyat has screamed for change, enough is enough we say. The dust is currently settling following the most shocking results ever in Malaysian politics. Certainly a wind of change was expected, but no one, not even the opposition leaders, could have envisioned it turning into a hurricane, causing a tsunami, sending a shockwave into the very core of Malaysian democracy.

But what now?

The opposition has 5 states, Penang, Kedah, Kelantan and unexpectedly Perak and Selangor. All eyes will now be turned on how they can govern the states. It is imperative that they do well, making good their promises of justice, transparency and equality for all. This 5 years will be a chance for the opposition to demonstrate that they have what it takes to govern well. A yardstick, so to speak, as to how well they could govern they country.

So this is but a new beginning, much hard work lies ahead. Run the states well and the possibility of taking over the country next election will become a real possibility.

Perhaps there is still hope for Malaysia.

A New Dawn

Tsunami of change?

As I am sitting here at this time, there appears a tsunami of political change happening in Malaysia. Will it wash away the dirt and create a new dawn tomorrow?

Hope is eternal...

V for Vendetta, Malaysian style

Some alternative news

Not sure if anyone had seen this. But seeing that the mainstream papers are full of praise for our government...

CheeFoo:

Yes you can just cut and paste your word documents in. But pictures you won't be able to put on the blog by cut and paste, you will have to upload each one individually.

One of the easiest ways to to use a blog to set it up. Alternatively you can use a web publishing software like MS frontpage and upload to any hosting website.

CT, great jokes u hav there..hehe.. ie,wanna ask u sumthing. Can i paste a page from Word onto the blog that i'v created? My boss ask me to create a website for a course that v r going to organise, can u tell me wats the easiest way to do it?...thank alot,buddy..

and great news u hav there bout our stupid PTK...

PTK 3 after finishing Masters / MRCP / MRCPCH etc

This is the new circular from ministry, just reproducing for those who may not have seen it.

NILAI TARAF KELAYAKAN SARJANA KEPAKARAN BAGI PEGAWAI PERUBATAN (KLINIKAL) DAN PEGAWAI PERGIGIAN (KLINIKAL) DI KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN MALAYSIA

Dimaklumkan bahawa Lembaga Penilaian Kompetensi Perkhidmatan Awam (LPKPA) yang bersidang pada 5 Oktober 2007 telah meluluskan permohonan Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) untuk menilai taraf Ijazah Sarjana Kepakaran Pegawai Perubatan (Klinikal) dan Pegawai Pergigian (Klinikal) sebagai setaraf dengan Penilaian Tahap Kecekapan (PTK). Keputusan mengenai nilai taraf tersebut adalah seperti berikut :

2.1 Pegawai yang melepasi Peringkat 1 Program Sarjana Perubatan (Klinikal) dan Pergigian (Klinikal) dinilai taraf dengan peperiksaan PTK bagi TK1 pada Aras III (Komponen Umum dan Khusus);

2.2 Pegawai yang berjaya di dalam Program Sarjana Kepakaran Perubatan (Klinikal) dan Pergigian (Klinikal) dinilai taraf dengan PTK bagi TK3 pada Aras III (Komponen Umum dan Khusus); dan

2.3 Keputusan ini juga terpakai kepada pegawai yang mengikuti Program Sarjana Kepakaran Perubatan (Klinikal) dan Pergigian (Klinikal) sebelum (Sistem Saraan Baru – SSB) dan semasa Sistem Saraan Malaysia (SSM) dilaksanakan. Pegawai berkenaan boleh dipertimbangkan kenaikan pangkat ke Gred U48 tanpa perlu mengikuti dan melepasi komponen Umum TK3 seperti yang disyaratkan sebelum ini.

My Father's Son

One day Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was visiting Singapore.

He was having a golf match with Lee Kwan Yew, and while playing, they were discussing the reliability of their staff. Abdullah told him about his cabinet, just recently branded a half-past-six kitchen cabinet by the masses.

"You know Abdullah," says Lee. "I have a great way of telling how intelligent my Cabinet ministers are. I ask them a simple logic question, and if they get it wrong then I demote them in my next reshuffle."

"I'm interested," replies Abdullah. "I have a few staff at home who I'm not too sure about."

Lee Kwan Yew calls in Goh Chok Tong, then the prime minister of Singapore, and just like that, he came. "Allow me to demonstrate. Goh, I've got a question for you. If your father's son is not your brother, then who is he?"

"Why," replies Goh Chok Tong, "It's me of course!"

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was very impressed with this, and decided to try it out. When he got back home to Malaysia he called Najib Razak into his office.

"Najib, I've got a question for you. If you get it wrong then I'm going to fire you."

"Shoot," replies Najib confidently.

"If your father's son is not your brother then who is he?"

Oh dear. Unfortunately Najib could not manage to get his head around the problem. He stands there in silence for a few seconds, worried about his job. "Mr. Abdullah, may I please have 24 hours to think about it?"

"Okay then Najib," says Abdullah, "but if you don't get the answer by tomorrow you're out of a job."

That evening Najib was having dinner with Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, by secret of course as he doesn't want to be seen involved with his former boss, for some reason. "Tun, I've got a problem. I've got to answer a question, and if I don't get it right I'll be fired."

"What's the question?" asks Tun Dr. Mahathir.

"If your father's son is not your brother then who is he?"

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad laughs. "It's me of course!"

Therefore the next morning, Najib went to see Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

"Well Najib, have you got the answer to the question yet?"

"Yes I have Mr. Abdullah! It's Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad!"

"No!" says Abdullah. "That's completely wrong. I'm afraid that you're just too stupid to be in government. I'm going to have to let you go. Instead I'll make my son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin as my advisor, he's far more intelligent than you are!"

Najib was devistated by this. However, one thing still bugged him. He wanted to know the answer to the riddle which had been the cause of his demise. "Okay then Mr. Abdullah, I'll resign. However, I have one favour to ask. Please tell me, if your father's son is not your brother, who is he?"

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi replies: "IT'S Goh Chok Tong, you IDIOT!!"

Badawi in heaven

Pavarotti ，Maradona ，Badawi reach the Pearly gate, St. Peter say, “I need you to prove your identity before I let you pass this gate”.

Pavarotti say,” I am Pavarotti”, and sung “O Sole Mio”, St.Peter delighted,”O Sole Mio, you are Pavarotti, you may pass”.

Maradona say,”I am Maradona”. He took a ball, point to a windows 30 meters away, kick the ball and the ball fly right into the windows.

St. Peter say,”Bull’s eye, you may pass”.

It is Badawi turn, and he can’t think of anything. At last, with a blushing face he told St. Peter, “I am Badawi, but I don’t know anything and have nothing to show.”.

St. Peter check the heaven record book and node his head,”Indeed, you are Badawi himself”.

Samy and his stamps

When Samy Vellu completed 25 years of his role as a politician over M'sia, he wanted a special postage stamp issued, with his picture on it. He insisted the stamp to be of international quality. When the stamps were duly released, he began hearing complaints that the stamp was not sticking properly, and become furious. He called the chief of the Secret Service and ordered him to investigate the matter. The chief checked the matter out at several post offices, and then reported on the problem to Samy Vellu.

He said: "Sir, the stamp is really of international quality. The problem is, our citizens are spitting on the wrong side!"

Light hearted moments

One day, our esteemed PM Badawi, Najib, Samy Vellu and their cabinet ministers et al was attending a conference when their motorcade encountered a massive accident. The VIPs were rushed towards the nearest hospital for emergency care.

This being big news, the media quickly descended on the hospital for updates on our dear leaders.

They met with a haggard, tired and disappointed looking doctor outside the casualty.

The journalist clamoured, "How's our esteemed PM, doc!!!"

The doctor sighed, his face sorrowful, "I'm sad to say... we could not save him."

The newsmen were horrified, then they ask, "what about Najib, doc?"

Again the doctor sighed... "No hope."

Cries of anguished from the journalists. Some asked, "Any news on Samy then?"

The doctor, "I'm sorry, he could not be saved either."

The journalists were now despondent, they asked, "So doc? Is there anyone that can be saved??"

To which the doctor brighten up and said, "Yes! Now Malaysia can be saved!!"

A change after many years

Dear all, I have changed the format of this blog as blogger has updated some elements. Hope you all like it, any complaints please tell me, I am not that good with colour matching and stuff so maybe some of u more artistic souls can help out.

Cheerio!

When high expectations are not met

Mycroft:

I am not aware of any "official" channel to voice your complaint. Usually the complaints will be written to the Hospital Pengarah, and take it from there. Maybe there's a complaint board in the MOH, but I don't know about that. Anyway, threaten to sue when complaining and things will move faster I guess.

Tan:
Am flying back from Sabah on May 8th, (thank god for Air Asia!) just to vote. Strange that an airliner which is closely linked to the famous son-in-law is flying me back to vote.

You know, I do agree that Malaysia has seen tremendous progress through the years, and that they are due to the government of that time. But I ask myself, did we fulfill our potential as a nation? Somehow, I feel cheated, because I feel we could have progressed so much more. And though stability is a key requisite for growth as the government has been barking for us to believe, I believe that change is needed, because we are slipping, we are becoming stagnant, and being stagnant is the worst sin of all.

No great change has ever come without great sacrifices. The freeing of the slaves in USA, the end of apartheid in South Africa, in fact our own independence! All these have occurred because people were shouting for change, and were willing to fight for it.

You call for my vote by claiming "look at my track record", "the opposition has no experience to govern". And yes, I have looked at your track record, and I am not impressed. You see, success and growth is a relative thing, you say now we are better off than Burma and Ghana. I say hogwash! With our nation's potential we should be comparing ourself to Japan and Korea. So I fail you on that count.

So the opposition has no experience? So what, can they do worse? How would I know if I don't give them a chance. And since when has any success come without its risk? After all, its only for 5 years, and if they don't do a good job I can boot them out. That is democracy.

The time is nigh, emotions are running high. Perhaps we can still save our country.

as much as i hate supportin complains, as am a medical staff myself, it was rather a unforgivable error which should not happen at the first place. anyway, it was fatal. so in the end the family was not happy things were handle as no official feedback was given at all. (usual story) all the family wanted was an explanation of how the error was done and probably an apology at least. easy way is to go to press, or take legal action but at the moment, trying out the less damaging way first. .. so the best way is to lodge an official complain.

Probably the fastest way to get your complaint heard will be to go to the media or to a politician. But I wouldn't recommend that. There was an article in the Star recently about hospital negligence being a common occurence. All of us have made mistakes in our career, haven't we? Accidentally prescribing the wrong dose of medication or underestimating the seriousness of a complaint out of ignorance? I've heard of some doctors who brush the incident off without so much as an ounce of regret and some who beat themselves up so badly for putting a patient's life in danger. The question we have to ask ourselves is, which category do we fall into? We are only human. Everybody makes mistakes but in medicine, the mistakes are unforgivable. The courage lies in how we regain our self esteem and move on.
On a different note, how are you guys in Sabah and Sarawak originally from Peninsular Malaysia, going to vote? I'm voting for the first time since the last time, I didn't register as a voter, and anyway I was in Alor Setar and couldn't take leave. The idea of setting up a polling station in the hospital for staff and patients to vote is quite good, but I suppose tedious, as voters come from so many different areas. A certain going to be ex-chief minister is running for parliament seat at my area. I ask myself, has he done anything progressive for the state during his tenure? I remember I used to like him for being a nice guy. But being nice is not enough nowadays, is it?