Am going to Anesth next week.
Hi guys.
I have finally finished my third posting in Medicine. I had to repeat the posting because of my transfer to Hosp ASetar. Looking forward to sitting in an air-cond room listening to beeping machines. Maybe I will have more time to read.
The head of department medicine in Alor setar is a FUCKING OBESE HORNY MIANG OLD COCK. The expletives are an understatement. He is a hypocrite, superficial, all-talk-and-no-skills, grandiose asshole. He uses his postition to take advantage to interact more with female housemen. He gives them extra teaching sessions to be closer to them. As for guys, he doesnt even take a second glance. Heard rumors that he used to sms love messages and buy gifts for cute housemen, was reported and a tribunal was set up to judge him. He is probably much toned down now. Since Seow Voon has joined medicine, he has been giving her these 'extra teaching sessions'. He better watch himself, otherwise he will see what I am capable of.
Seow Voon and I are getting married on Nov 21st. All you guys are invited. Will contact each of you some time soon for confirmation.
We are also going to the States end of the year for the clinical skills exam, probably L.A. It will cost us a large amount of money, hope it will be worth it.
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Hi, everybody..
Greetings from Sg. Petani Hosp. It's really refreshing to hear that everybody is enjoying their life so much now. Too bad that i was not able to meet some of u during our one of HO-ship hols and VE's wedding dinner. Really miss all of u out there.
As SH had mentioned, i'v been posted to Sg Petani. The hospital ground here is really old and spreand out like the Banting one. But the NEW hosp is really impressive, complete wif quarters for specialists, MOs and HOs. But the problem is, dunno when can move in. Heard the Pengarah said that the earliest will be end of this year.
Am doing Ortho now. Ortho here is heaven compare to Alor Star. Basically, everyday after round (if not clinic day), just do discharges, fill forms (v dun hav to take blood or do dressing here), wait for new case to come (normally less then 5 per day) and wait for 4.15pm (to punch out). But the not so good part is that i hav 12 calls this month!! Well, since can claim RM75-113, dun care so much lah.
At least living here is not so boring, hav GSC...can watch cinema liau...
Actually now i'm oncall,passive (OT) call, but can stay at home..hehe..
Hav internet connection here, so can expect me to pop up quite often now...
C U guys and gals...
Greetings from Sg. Petani Hosp. It's really refreshing to hear that everybody is enjoying their life so much now. Too bad that i was not able to meet some of u during our one of HO-ship hols and VE's wedding dinner. Really miss all of u out there.
As SH had mentioned, i'v been posted to Sg Petani. The hospital ground here is really old and spreand out like the Banting one. But the NEW hosp is really impressive, complete wif quarters for specialists, MOs and HOs. But the problem is, dunno when can move in. Heard the Pengarah said that the earliest will be end of this year.
Am doing Ortho now. Ortho here is heaven compare to Alor Star. Basically, everyday after round (if not clinic day), just do discharges, fill forms (v dun hav to take blood or do dressing here), wait for new case to come (normally less then 5 per day) and wait for 4.15pm (to punch out). But the not so good part is that i hav 12 calls this month!! Well, since can claim RM75-113, dun care so much lah.
At least living here is not so boring, hav GSC...can watch cinema liau...
Actually now i'm oncall,passive (OT) call, but can stay at home..hehe..
Hav internet connection here, so can expect me to pop up quite often now...
C U guys and gals...
Friday, July 09, 2004
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Glad to hear the Seremban people are having fun after one year in hell.
Most of us in KK here are just doing some attachments in major postings before being sent out to district.
Chiewleng and I just found out yesterday that we were suppose to report into Keningau TODAY! our office in KK screwed up and actually gave us attachment in Medicine here for 4 months when we were supposed to be attached in Keningau.
So with everything so last minute, we have to scramble, pack, settle stuff before leaving off and leaving Kalis all alone for a month.
Cheerio guys. will contact from keningau
Most of us in KK here are just doing some attachments in major postings before being sent out to district.
Chiewleng and I just found out yesterday that we were suppose to report into Keningau TODAY! our office in KK screwed up and actually gave us attachment in Medicine here for 4 months when we were supposed to be attached in Keningau.
So with everything so last minute, we have to scramble, pack, settle stuff before leaving off and leaving Kalis all alone for a month.
Cheerio guys. will contact from keningau
Monday, June 28, 2004
hi, everybody. so long time that i hav not entered this site, and forgotten my password.. ops.. coz
now life has been so relaxing and lepaking.. that's why got time to visit wen jih and go on line.. yeah..
most ppl will be wondering what i am doing everyday as a so called bld bank mo. basically nothing..hehe.. true enough, my job everyday is to see what and where for lunch and to go home at 430..
anyway, seeing slides really spin my brain down, and answering calls for bld request makes me feel like an telephone operator...
but.. this is the only time me and carren can sit together watching tv, thinking what to cook or where to go for dinner. and even decorating our porch.(ha, actually carren finally able to save a plant which has been neglected for 8 months...
wen jih is complaining me using up his internet time, sorry , hav to stop now... haha.. sorry boss, know today is ur birthday, may u have a great year ahead !
bye to everybody and remember: to enjoy life after 1 year of suffering!
p/s : anyway, this is mong tieng here.
now life has been so relaxing and lepaking.. that's why got time to visit wen jih and go on line.. yeah..
most ppl will be wondering what i am doing everyday as a so called bld bank mo. basically nothing..hehe.. true enough, my job everyday is to see what and where for lunch and to go home at 430..
anyway, seeing slides really spin my brain down, and answering calls for bld request makes me feel like an telephone operator...
but.. this is the only time me and carren can sit together watching tv, thinking what to cook or where to go for dinner. and even decorating our porch.(ha, actually carren finally able to save a plant which has been neglected for 8 months...
wen jih is complaining me using up his internet time, sorry , hav to stop now... haha.. sorry boss, know today is ur birthday, may u have a great year ahead !
bye to everybody and remember: to enjoy life after 1 year of suffering!
p/s : anyway, this is mong tieng here.
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Thursday, June 24, 2004
This is the first time I am using Alor Star Hospital library's net. Never had time in the past one year. Now, thanks to being posted to A&E, I can actually get up late, go home early and don't have to do calls! Our shifts are from 8.00a.m. to 3.00 p.m., then 3.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. and 10.00 p.m. to 8.00 a.m. If we do night shift, we don't have to work the next day. Hooray!
Will never grumble about those casualty MOs again. Trust me guys, it's not an easy decision to make whether to admit a patient or not. So far, my shifts have been quite o.k. Going to enjoy my 3 weeks left in A&E. AFter that, who knows?
For those of you who don't know, Chee Foo has been transferred to Sg. Petani. Guan Fook's doing A&E with me. MC is in medicine for 2 mths before becoming Paeds MO. (If I do Paeds next, he's going to be my boss!).
Will be going to Vui Eng's wedding in July. Hope to see you guys there.:)
Will never grumble about those casualty MOs again. Trust me guys, it's not an easy decision to make whether to admit a patient or not. So far, my shifts have been quite o.k. Going to enjoy my 3 weeks left in A&E. AFter that, who knows?
For those of you who don't know, Chee Foo has been transferred to Sg. Petani. Guan Fook's doing A&E with me. MC is in medicine for 2 mths before becoming Paeds MO. (If I do Paeds next, he's going to be my boss!).
Will be going to Vui Eng's wedding in July. Hope to see you guys there.:)
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Friday, June 18, 2004
dear all
i have finally found light
where the greener grass is on my side
where the sun shine gently
where the champagne remains bubbly.
where work starts at 8
and we leave at 4.30pm for bed.
where calls are at home,
managed via phone,
i hope =o)...
most importantly...
where patients smile sincerely
and so have i for past half week.
hip hip hooray ent,
for it means enjoy no tension!
p/s: if u think life can't get any better,
meet the new blood bank MO...Dr Ee Mong Teng!
i have finally found light
where the greener grass is on my side
where the sun shine gently
where the champagne remains bubbly.
where work starts at 8
and we leave at 4.30pm for bed.
where calls are at home,
managed via phone,
i hope =o)...
most importantly...
where patients smile sincerely
and so have i for past half week.
hip hip hooray ent,
for it means enjoy no tension!
p/s: if u think life can't get any better,
meet the new blood bank MO...Dr Ee Mong Teng!
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
hey u all... last day of hoship... feeling relieved, happy, excited and oh so lazy (am onleave, so sleeping most of the time) all rolled in one. Most of u ppl probably be staying in your respective hospital for another 6-8 months or so. Almost all of us here are being sent out. Kalis, Chiew Leng and I are being sent to Keningau (we still can't seem to get rid of Kalis :)). Nice place with nice new hospital, so no one's complaining. Tony being sent to Kuala Penyu, new hospital too, wonder if they make him the pengarah. Prabath is being sent to Lahad Datu and feeling miserable about it, appealing to stay. Roddy got some godforsaken place called Tungu or something. Chee Chan going to Kudat. Breithner got Pitas, this very poor district where we drove past once... saw the very big new hospital, but couldnt find the town...
Anyway, most of use will stay on in Queen for another 2-4 months or so to finish watever respective postings we have not done. Actually feel quite sien coz that will mean another 2-4 months of taking blood... feeling up forms... lying to radiologists to get scans done etc etc.... sigh
New meat coming today...
Anyway, most of use will stay on in Queen for another 2-4 months or so to finish watever respective postings we have not done. Actually feel quite sien coz that will mean another 2-4 months of taking blood... feeling up forms... lying to radiologists to get scans done etc etc.... sigh
New meat coming today...
Monday, June 14, 2004
MC has passed his MRCP (Paeds) part 1. He got the news just before we went on leave. We're all really happy for him and expecting a big treat, of course.
Why has Kai Inn become so philosophical recently?
To those of you who went to Perhentian during leave, hope you enjoyed yourselves. It's good to release tension with mates who understand what you're going through, isn't it? Well, there's not been much mention of where everyone's headed to after this. But thank goodness, the new HOs are starting soon. Hmm, must try to act more mature than them... Ha! As if I know any better!
Why has Kai Inn become so philosophical recently?
To those of you who went to Perhentian during leave, hope you enjoyed yourselves. It's good to release tension with mates who understand what you're going through, isn't it? Well, there's not been much mention of where everyone's headed to after this. But thank goodness, the new HOs are starting soon. Hmm, must try to act more mature than them... Ha! As if I know any better!
good say tai lo... last few days of holiday... really thirsty for more leave.hate to leavve the comfort home, the mummy cook food, the good old tv, my familiar bed.. arghhhhhh...well, the price of rm 2000+... wonder how much increment r we gettin as jmo.
well, another year down the bin, ,another year ahead. all the best everyone.
ps. heard mc went for mrcpaeds. anyone know how he's doin?
well, another year down the bin, ,another year ahead. all the best everyone.
ps. heard mc went for mrcpaeds. anyone know how he's doin?
Sunday, June 13, 2004
feel like giving up evrything and become a farmer and live happily everafter but osh shit there is no farmer in the fairy tale. what is the significant of life and i think we have asked ourself for millions of time! for me, just to put religion aside first, is to live once and for all with no regrets. we can't help to deny fear,lust to life,to die with no heir but we live once with our own way and we own everything, something in our heart that can not be taken away....
Friday, June 11, 2004
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
to all future MO,
ahya, time flies, we all have gone through some sorts of molding progress to become of what we been expected in the past 1 year. i am sure lots of things have happened to each of us being good or bad. do we still remember our ambition when we first enter medical school? or what's left in our mind is just wanting more fame,money and superiority.
may god apollo, if he really exist, permit our years of mo to come be more meaningful to our life and humanity.
especially to roddy, tony, chee lean, chong tien and alan.
get yourself busy dying or get yourself busy living. you choose ( from shawshank redemption movie)
ahya, time flies, we all have gone through some sorts of molding progress to become of what we been expected in the past 1 year. i am sure lots of things have happened to each of us being good or bad. do we still remember our ambition when we first enter medical school? or what's left in our mind is just wanting more fame,money and superiority.
may god apollo, if he really exist, permit our years of mo to come be more meaningful to our life and humanity.
especially to roddy, tony, chee lean, chong tien and alan.
get yourself busy dying or get yourself busy living. you choose ( from shawshank redemption movie)
Hi, everybody...
Last day of my HO day today... =)
Start holiday today but dunno where to go after 12 June.
Alot have happened during the last two postings..both sad and happy, but MOSTLY SAD..well, guess i'l have to get on with life, and getting my leave approved is a good way, albeit a late one.
Any plan to go anywhere, guys and gals?
Hurrah......
Last day of my HO day today... =)
Start holiday today but dunno where to go after 12 June.
Alot have happened during the last two postings..both sad and happy, but MOSTLY SAD..well, guess i'l have to get on with life, and getting my leave approved is a good way, albeit a late one.
Any plan to go anywhere, guys and gals?
Hurrah......
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Dear Dreamer in the Shadows,
Please don't do anything rash that might hurt yourself. It was not my intention to be cruel and neglect you. From here on I will try to reply your letters. I know you are exhausted and it's eating at you. Hang on. It will be over soon.
Sorry to hear that you actually have to be extended in medical due to lack of HOs. Sorry to hear you're doing back to back calls. Blame it on the new housemen whom we keep hoping to appear but never do.
As you know, Chee Foo and I were planning a trip to Nepal but it has been cancelled because our long leave was rejected. Will let you know when we plan to go next so we can take leave together. It's going to be monsoon season soon in Nepal so probably the best time to go would be early next year.
Give us a call anytime, just to chat or whatever. See ya...
Please don't do anything rash that might hurt yourself. It was not my intention to be cruel and neglect you. From here on I will try to reply your letters. I know you are exhausted and it's eating at you. Hang on. It will be over soon.
Sorry to hear that you actually have to be extended in medical due to lack of HOs. Sorry to hear you're doing back to back calls. Blame it on the new housemen whom we keep hoping to appear but never do.
As you know, Chee Foo and I were planning a trip to Nepal but it has been cancelled because our long leave was rejected. Will let you know when we plan to go next so we can take leave together. It's going to be monsoon season soon in Nepal so probably the best time to go would be early next year.
Give us a call anytime, just to chat or whatever. See ya...
Sunday, May 23, 2004
Dear Seok Hong,
This'll be the last message I ever send you
It's been 4 weeks and still no word
I don't deserve it!
I know you got my last letter
I posted it right here on this Blog
So this is another note I'm sending you
I hope you read it
I'm in a cyber cafe right now
I'm paying RM 2 per hour
Hey Seok Hong,
I drank some Cola
You dare me to surf?
You know the song by Phil Collins
About the boy and the monkeys?
That's kinda how this is
You coulda rescued me from the plane crash
Now it's too late
I'm post-call
I'm DROWSY!
And all I wanted was a lousy letter or an sms
I hope you know I ripped
My pictures of Xena off the wall
You ruined it now
I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it
And when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you scream about it
I hope your conscience eats at you and you can't breathe without a nasal prong
See Seok Hong,
(*Screaming*) Shut up b____!
I'm tryin to talk!
Hey Seok Hong,
That's some pregnant girl I kidnapped from outside the hospital screamin at the next computer (I don't know her, and it ain't my baby cause I don't f___ girls)
But I don't slit her throat
I just tied her up
See I ain't like you
Cause if she suffocates she'll suffer more
And then she'll die too
Well, gotta go
I'm almost here 2 hours
Oh shit, I forgot my wallet
How'm I supposed to pay?
This'll be the last message I ever send you
It's been 4 weeks and still no word
I don't deserve it!
I know you got my last letter
I posted it right here on this Blog
So this is another note I'm sending you
I hope you read it
I'm in a cyber cafe right now
I'm paying RM 2 per hour
Hey Seok Hong,
I drank some Cola
You dare me to surf?
You know the song by Phil Collins
About the boy and the monkeys?
That's kinda how this is
You coulda rescued me from the plane crash
Now it's too late
I'm post-call
I'm DROWSY!
And all I wanted was a lousy letter or an sms
I hope you know I ripped
My pictures of Xena off the wall
You ruined it now
I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it
And when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you scream about it
I hope your conscience eats at you and you can't breathe without a nasal prong
See Seok Hong,
(*Screaming*) Shut up b____!
I'm tryin to talk!
Hey Seok Hong,
That's some pregnant girl I kidnapped from outside the hospital screamin at the next computer (I don't know her, and it ain't my baby cause I don't f___ girls)
But I don't slit her throat
I just tied her up
See I ain't like you
Cause if she suffocates she'll suffer more
And then she'll die too
Well, gotta go
I'm almost here 2 hours
Oh shit, I forgot my wallet
How'm I supposed to pay?
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Saturday, May 08, 2004
Wow, the last time I wrote, I just got to Alor Setar and starting all over again. Now I have finished one month of medicine in Alor Setar and I am back in Seremban for a three-day break.
I tagged for 3 days and then I was on-call. The thing I have to get used to is going to do morning rounds on weekends. Back in Kuala Pilah, we just leave the hospital during the weekend to the on-call ppl, which is a luxury.
Otherwise, workload and the way things run are pretty much the same.
The bad thing is that I have to re-start my medical posting, meaning I will finish H.O.ship only in end of July, not mid-June like everyone else.
Take care everyone.
I tagged for 3 days and then I was on-call. The thing I have to get used to is going to do morning rounds on weekends. Back in Kuala Pilah, we just leave the hospital during the weekend to the on-call ppl, which is a luxury.
Otherwise, workload and the way things run are pretty much the same.
The bad thing is that I have to re-start my medical posting, meaning I will finish H.O.ship only in end of July, not mid-June like everyone else.
Take care everyone.
Monday, May 03, 2004
holiday 3 days back in malacca with yeeling, just happened to visit my cousin in hosp melaka with broken leg, u know what happen? i met george for chrissake. he still the same but putting on a bit of weight still cheerful and no complain about HOship in hosp melaka. 3 holidays just not enough and back to today again...ai....stay connect everyone , happy to hear everybody is surviving and soon just soon u know....we all will be MO! hey hey ready to kick the junior HO arses. ha.
Sunday, May 02, 2004
Dear Seok Hong,
Thanks for the invitation. I remember u guys have a great home theatre system. Did I mention I can only get 3 channels on my new TV in KP? I'm mistaken.. actually I can only get 2. But think will stay here till the end. Loneliness is not new to me have had it since forever; I treat acute exacerbations nowadays by sleeping them away.
No plans for MRCP or FRCS or ABCD or BABY. Just want to get thru HOship! Starting mid-May will have only 2 HOs in Med Dept. That's not too bad considering the other HO, who hasn't arrived yet, wuz supposed to be retained in O&G but they're letting him go so I don't go insane doing both 1st and 2nd calls everyday.. Now it's EODs till mid-June. But then it's Med n I'm always stoned for abt 2 days post-call.
Previously tot they'd be retaining HOs in the Depts due to shortage. They're not thank goodness. But that's also why there'll be only 2 of us soon. Catch-22.
1 HO arrived from KK last month (prev in Surg Dept n knows Roddy) asked for Med in KP, came for 2 days, took MC for 2 days, came back for 4 days, disappeared for 4 days then resurfaced in Surg Dept.
Another HO from O&G Dept in our hosp came 2 wks ago tagged for 1 and a half days then took MC for depression. She's now in Surg Dept.
Will KP be worse off than TI? Will I beat Adeline in terms of workload and calls?
Don know.. Stay tuned!
Back in KL now after abt 2 months! Miss all the shopping centres and bright lights. KP is getting a bit dreary. Hope to obtain a phone line hence Net access after June. Don think will apply for Astro too costly! Thinking of writing again but no ideas.
That's it for now. U write me one line, I write you an entire letter. When will all of us get to meet again? In the meanwhile stay connected on this Blog.
By the way u guys look out for Chee Foo ok. Hard work can be distracting but it's often not so! Hope he's ok tho'.. Also he can drive you around town :P
Cheers and beers,
Alan, the Mad Cabbage
Thanks for the invitation. I remember u guys have a great home theatre system. Did I mention I can only get 3 channels on my new TV in KP? I'm mistaken.. actually I can only get 2. But think will stay here till the end. Loneliness is not new to me have had it since forever; I treat acute exacerbations nowadays by sleeping them away.
No plans for MRCP or FRCS or ABCD or BABY. Just want to get thru HOship! Starting mid-May will have only 2 HOs in Med Dept. That's not too bad considering the other HO, who hasn't arrived yet, wuz supposed to be retained in O&G but they're letting him go so I don't go insane doing both 1st and 2nd calls everyday.. Now it's EODs till mid-June. But then it's Med n I'm always stoned for abt 2 days post-call.
Previously tot they'd be retaining HOs in the Depts due to shortage. They're not thank goodness. But that's also why there'll be only 2 of us soon. Catch-22.
1 HO arrived from KK last month (prev in Surg Dept n knows Roddy) asked for Med in KP, came for 2 days, took MC for 2 days, came back for 4 days, disappeared for 4 days then resurfaced in Surg Dept.
Another HO from O&G Dept in our hosp came 2 wks ago tagged for 1 and a half days then took MC for depression. She's now in Surg Dept.
Will KP be worse off than TI? Will I beat Adeline in terms of workload and calls?
Don know.. Stay tuned!
Back in KL now after abt 2 months! Miss all the shopping centres and bright lights. KP is getting a bit dreary. Hope to obtain a phone line hence Net access after June. Don think will apply for Astro too costly! Thinking of writing again but no ideas.
That's it for now. U write me one line, I write you an entire letter. When will all of us get to meet again? In the meanwhile stay connected on this Blog.
By the way u guys look out for Chee Foo ok. Hard work can be distracting but it's often not so! Hope he's ok tho'.. Also he can drive you around town :P
Cheers and beers,
Alan, the Mad Cabbage
Friday, April 23, 2004
Hi guys. Just a little under two months to go in our housemanship. What are you people's plans? Who's taking MRCP, who's planning to make a lot of money as GP, who's getting thrown to district, etc.?
MC is taking his MRCP (Paeds) Part I soon. Lee Kien and Seow Voon have plans to go to US. I hope I can stick around a bit longer in Alor Setar. Want to do my Paeds posting here and probably Anaes. Becoming an A&E MO might not be too bad either. At least they work in shifts and there's no on calls.
Tony - So jealous of you with 32 HOs in O&G.
Alan - You're welcome to join us in Alor Setar if it gets lonely in KP.
Chiew Leng, Chong Tien - Great to see you guys never lost your sense of adventure. Scuba diving. Wow!
MC is taking his MRCP (Paeds) Part I soon. Lee Kien and Seow Voon have plans to go to US. I hope I can stick around a bit longer in Alor Setar. Want to do my Paeds posting here and probably Anaes. Becoming an A&E MO might not be too bad either. At least they work in shifts and there's no on calls.
Tony - So jealous of you with 32 HOs in O&G.
Alan - You're welcome to join us in Alor Setar if it gets lonely in KP.
Chiew Leng, Chong Tien - Great to see you guys never lost your sense of adventure. Scuba diving. Wow!
Friday, April 16, 2004
tailo: cheefoo, let life shines like the morning cloud grow from the distance horizon
in the edge of darkness, blossom into gigantic skyline potrait
let life meet great obstacle but still courage stand and dreams stand holding on and
for us bird of mission of life shall never fail to see the wonder of nature......keep you going.
you are once again a free man, aren't you. god shall worried not we. good luck
in the edge of darkness, blossom into gigantic skyline potrait
let life meet great obstacle but still courage stand and dreams stand holding on and
for us bird of mission of life shall never fail to see the wonder of nature......keep you going.
you are once again a free man, aren't you. god shall worried not we. good luck
Monday, April 05, 2004
kai inn - sorry i couldn't go out the other day when you were up here. labour room was like some mad house. good to hear that the guys actually entertained you.
chee foo - i'm sorry things didn't work out.perhaps it is a good thing that HOship is busy.at least it'll keep you on the go.Keep your mind off from the sad stuff.
lee kien - good luck in alor setar. if you consider going to another state, do consider perak.we are damn short and we have very stupid system of allocation... hmmm,that didn't sound very appealing. what the heck,come just to make up the number.
alan - planning to go home again 3rd week of april.if you are around give me a call.i'm meeting up with liza. will call the people in klang too.
chiew leng - good luck with scuba diving
kooi yen - if u are listening. happy belated birthday april fool! sorry i didn't get to meet up last week.will make appointment again some other time.
chee foo - i'm sorry things didn't work out.perhaps it is a good thing that HOship is busy.at least it'll keep you on the go.Keep your mind off from the sad stuff.
lee kien - good luck in alor setar. if you consider going to another state, do consider perak.we are damn short and we have very stupid system of allocation... hmmm,that didn't sound very appealing. what the heck,come just to make up the number.
alan - planning to go home again 3rd week of april.if you are around give me a call.i'm meeting up with liza. will call the people in klang too.
chiew leng - good luck with scuba diving
kooi yen - if u are listening. happy belated birthday april fool! sorry i didn't get to meet up last week.will make appointment again some other time.
Sunday, April 04, 2004
Hi, guys and gals, all my best frenz out there... so sorry to keep u all in the dark.. Well, the terrible thing is, as some of u might have oredi known...sigh....sighhh... Lian Sing had decided to left me. Been in Hell basically in the last 3 months. Crying practically every nite and most moments...Worst thing is we had oredi registered... as there's no more chance for reconciliation (as she firmly STRESSED to me), r in the midst of working out an annullation of our marriage.... Feeling slightly better now after all those terrible months..hav to learn to pick up my life again..although i might not feel like it, but life hav to go on, HOship has to go on....but stillll....... But who am i to bog u all wif my problems, what wif all dis HOshit..... sorry guys...just feeling the need to SHOUT ALL THIS PROBLEMS OUT LOUD..... may God bless u all.....and also her....
Friday, April 02, 2004
went to ipoh hosp this monday to tranfer one baby, i was very tiring but i was glad to be welcome by those guys in ipoh GH after a long 9 hours drive from JB. happy to see them and they look much more confident and MO-looking. we just had a short talk for tea but anyway i had enjoy it. good luck and fortune to you in ipoh hosp. thanks sathiya, peter and chuen wern.
Thursday, April 01, 2004
greetings from seremban.... surgical had been time consuming... not tat bz, just occpied, workin daily til 9pm, n tat includes sat n sun.. cheap labour.
just when i start pickin up ping pong again....gues hav to giv up those games..but stil manage to find time for pirate vcd...
after 1 whole month of workin daily..... finally take 2 days off to sleep at home...
just when i start pickin up ping pong again....gues hav to giv up those games..but stil manage to find time for pirate vcd...
after 1 whole month of workin daily..... finally take 2 days off to sleep at home...
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Am in Alor Setar now. Am very glad that I am with Seow Voon again. Got myself a room, well furnished and very near to Seow Voon's house. TV reception here is excellent. Channel 8 and 9 are clearer than my house in Seremban. There are chinese foodstall near here also.
Tomorrow will be my first day in Hosp Alor Setar.
Will need to get used to friday and saturday being the weekend and weekdays start on sunday. I think it's pretty stupid, and Alor Setar is not like under PAS or something like that. The banks here dont follow this system, because of the obvious reason of being impractical... how can they make transactions to KL or the rest of the world on Sunday when eveyone is off. ..... getting sidetracked, let's go back to my main point.
So I was saying ... I will report to the pejabat pengarah negeri kedah tomorrow. Starting tagging during weekend will be a drag, because not all the staff will be there, and being a tagger, I will probably just run errands for the on-call person, and have to clerk most of the new cases. When Alan and I were tagging in medical, we clerked 90% of the new cases between us during the period. I probably wont see how things run regularly, u know like the usual weekday, until Sunday when everyone starts to come backand work. Wonder how many days they will want me to tag.
Spending the past 9 months in KPilah with Alan has brought us together like brothers. Alan, hang on tough. I understand how monotonous things can be there. Fight back by being among the first to pass MRCP Part 1 when you are a junior MO. Will contact you by direct email/sms.
Soon Hock's baby is probably due some time soon I would think. Any news anyone? Fab?
Ok, will sleep earlier today.
Tomorrow will be my first day in Hosp Alor Setar.
Will need to get used to friday and saturday being the weekend and weekdays start on sunday. I think it's pretty stupid, and Alor Setar is not like under PAS or something like that. The banks here dont follow this system, because of the obvious reason of being impractical... how can they make transactions to KL or the rest of the world on Sunday when eveyone is off. ..... getting sidetracked, let's go back to my main point.
So I was saying ... I will report to the pejabat pengarah negeri kedah tomorrow. Starting tagging during weekend will be a drag, because not all the staff will be there, and being a tagger, I will probably just run errands for the on-call person, and have to clerk most of the new cases. When Alan and I were tagging in medical, we clerked 90% of the new cases between us during the period. I probably wont see how things run regularly, u know like the usual weekday, until Sunday when everyone starts to come backand work. Wonder how many days they will want me to tag.
Spending the past 9 months in KPilah with Alan has brought us together like brothers. Alan, hang on tough. I understand how monotonous things can be there. Fight back by being among the first to pass MRCP Part 1 when you are a junior MO. Will contact you by direct email/sms.
Soon Hock's baby is probably due some time soon I would think. Any news anyone? Fab?
Ok, will sleep earlier today.
Monday, March 29, 2004
Sorry to see Lee Kien go... Kuala Pilah will be quieter than ever. Suffice to say I wouldn't have made it this far thru HOship if it weren't for him there. Feel like absconding sometimes...
Have purchased a new 21" Philips to break the boredom. Unfortunately can only receive 3 channels in KP.
Medical posting is really bad and will be worse now with a shortage of HOs. Keep myself afloat by thinking that the end of 1st year is near. 10 wks to go! Meanwhile have to go on battling severe exhaustion, sleep deprivation, weight loss and sugar addiction.
Have developed a gastric ulcer. Am starting Losec this week if my hospital is not too cheap to approve a 2-6 wk course.
Am renting the whole house now by myself in KP. Nice place just nice for 1-2 persons in a nice neighbourhood. However in the past 9 months have encountered all kinds of resident fauna including termites, spiders, centipedes, lots and lots of ants, a snake and a mouse. 2 months ago the electricity got shut off for one whole night when LK wuz in S'ban left me in total darkness with only my hp as a light source... would have gone insane if were still in my darkness-fearing younger years.
Am rambling think am developing Adeline syndrome. Where is that cow anyway not heard from her in millenia
Have purchased a new 21" Philips to break the boredom. Unfortunately can only receive 3 channels in KP.
Medical posting is really bad and will be worse now with a shortage of HOs. Keep myself afloat by thinking that the end of 1st year is near. 10 wks to go! Meanwhile have to go on battling severe exhaustion, sleep deprivation, weight loss and sugar addiction.
Have developed a gastric ulcer. Am starting Losec this week if my hospital is not too cheap to approve a 2-6 wk course.
Am renting the whole house now by myself in KP. Nice place just nice for 1-2 persons in a nice neighbourhood. However in the past 9 months have encountered all kinds of resident fauna including termites, spiders, centipedes, lots and lots of ants, a snake and a mouse. 2 months ago the electricity got shut off for one whole night when LK wuz in S'ban left me in total darkness with only my hp as a light source... would have gone insane if were still in my darkness-fearing younger years.
Am rambling think am developing Adeline syndrome. Where is that cow anyway not heard from her in millenia
Sunday, March 28, 2004
Saturday, March 27, 2004
Today was my last day in Kuala Pilah. Sorry to leave Alan alone there. There will be shortage of housemen there, and it is probably going to be really busy.
I guess all of us are in the same situation- not having enough housemen towards the end of this posting. Sometimes I wonder where all those Ukrainian, Indian, Indonesian and Middle East graduates are. Looks like we will not get new recruits until the local uni grads come out.
Cheers to all of you.
I guess all of us are in the same situation- not having enough housemen towards the end of this posting. Sometimes I wonder where all those Ukrainian, Indian, Indonesian and Middle East graduates are. Looks like we will not get new recruits until the local uni grads come out.
Cheers to all of you.
Friday, March 19, 2004
Yeah, Lee kien. We heard the news. What a pity you can't come to O&G. Chee Foo and I are suffering here. This is the first time I'm back home since starting my O&G posting. There's only 12 HO in O&G now. We are doing EOD calls like crazy. Before this we have 5 HO on call a day. We had to revise it to 4 so that none of us will collapse. And there's still 3 months left! New people won't be coming in so soon. We don't have time to learn anything as we are just focused on getting our work done. And yet some of the specialists are not understanding at all.
Anyway, you'll learn a lot in medicine. They're short of people too but the working environment is not so stressful. By the way, where are you going to stay?
Anyway, you'll learn a lot in medicine. They're short of people too but the working environment is not so stressful. By the way, where are you going to stay?
Friday, March 12, 2004
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
ah boy ya! admired you le. got such a girl willing to do this for you. you know what i mean. i think i am going to 'tiru' you la i might thinking to ask to tranfer to Muar hosp after all this bullshit hoship.
i went to ella wedding on last last saturday. happy to see a few of our batch mates.
anyone knows what happen to chee foo? pls announce it!
paeds is sucked.....
i went to ella wedding on last last saturday. happy to see a few of our batch mates.
anyone knows what happen to chee foo? pls announce it!
paeds is sucked.....
Monday, February 23, 2004
Saturday, February 14, 2004
hello... officially survived through O&G without any untoward incidents. Going to Paeds next... now can start scolding O&G HOs for referring lousy cases at lousy time of the night!
What happened Chee Foo?
4 more months to go... we are already being ask our choices for the district postings. CL and I choosing Keningau, went to see the new hospital there and it was damn impressive. Look up the map if u dont know where it is. It is about 2 1/2 hours south east of KK.
CHeerio, and i hope everyone survive the next 4 months and live to talk about it.
What happened Chee Foo?
4 more months to go... we are already being ask our choices for the district postings. CL and I choosing Keningau, went to see the new hospital there and it was damn impressive. Look up the map if u dont know where it is. It is about 2 1/2 hours south east of KK.
CHeerio, and i hope everyone survive the next 4 months and live to talk about it.
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
cool. more than 8 months down the line, n stil alive n kickin.well, mange to go past 8 months without killin anyone, yet (or at least tat i know of), so wil b a bit sad tto leave paeds to go to surgery... with the mad workin hours there. o well, everyone has to die once.
bryan: hang in there.
ju ann: mushroom? someone is stalkin u in klang, izit... wat else could possible lead u to sarawak.. or perphaps.....
by the way, manage to meet teck choon, lee ding, chew gek n wai hong during new year.. n everyone is so alive. seems havin quite a ok life over in sarawak.
mc wil b stoppin by in kl this weekend too. manage to c him in ijn the other day when both of us sent babies to their clinic.
now, back to enjoyin my leave... n back to my bed.....
bryan: hang in there.
ju ann: mushroom? someone is stalkin u in klang, izit... wat else could possible lead u to sarawak.. or perphaps.....
by the way, manage to meet teck choon, lee ding, chew gek n wai hong during new year.. n everyone is so alive. seems havin quite a ok life over in sarawak.
mc wil b stoppin by in kl this weekend too. manage to c him in ijn the other day when both of us sent babies to their clinic.
now, back to enjoyin my leave... n back to my bed.....
Sunday, February 08, 2004
hi, everyone...
nice to hear dat all of ya r still kicking and alive.
As 4 me,...well.....the worst WORST WORST thing that can happen in my life had happened........well hopefully it's all just a bad bad nightmare...
Am going to KL next weekend to mourn the BIG BIG loss.....
GAd been very very sad these past few days due to the loss.....am so sad and down.......miserable...feeling so useless and God fucking stupid..........damn stupid me....AAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......sob sob sob.....
nice to hear dat all of ya r still kicking and alive.
As 4 me,...well.....the worst WORST WORST thing that can happen in my life had happened........well hopefully it's all just a bad bad nightmare...
Am going to KL next weekend to mourn the BIG BIG loss.....
GAd been very very sad these past few days due to the loss.....am so sad and down.......miserable...feeling so useless and God fucking stupid..........damn stupid me....AAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......sob sob sob.....
Thursday, February 05, 2004
i am finishing o&g so for those who are going into it remember just do it don't let it, i mean VE. don't drown in the sea of liqour, just swim across. and sing aloud with your patient ' teran lagi teran, panjang panjang lagilagi sambung lagi' and surprisingly instead of "tahi" you got baby out of mother! good luck. i am going to paeds, my god tds round. yeeling going to ortho.
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Saturday, January 31, 2004
Yeah Lee Kien, the butterfly must not forget it wuz once a caterpillar too. Zen, Zen.
Hi Esther great to hear ur voice in here again. Lookin fwd to ur end of posting I guess since u'r keeping your hols for it. Take a load of this: Ju Ann hoarded her leave too so now she's takin a nice long stretch off. She's joining a UM research programme in Sarawak for a week researching mushrooms for anticancer substances isn't that cool.
Kai Inn u can use the panties to wipe the sperm off the floor.
Have a good Raya Masyithah, can go shopping in JB. Can also help Kai Inn clean his room.
Signing off from a little Internet cafe in Kuala Pilah. Am on-call tmr, also yesterday (sigh).
Cheers
Hi Esther great to hear ur voice in here again. Lookin fwd to ur end of posting I guess since u'r keeping your hols for it. Take a load of this: Ju Ann hoarded her leave too so now she's takin a nice long stretch off. She's joining a UM research programme in Sarawak for a week researching mushrooms for anticancer substances isn't that cool.
Kai Inn u can use the panties to wipe the sperm off the floor.
Have a good Raya Masyithah, can go shopping in JB. Can also help Kai Inn clean his room.
Signing off from a little Internet cafe in Kuala Pilah. Am on-call tmr, also yesterday (sigh).
Cheers
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Happy CNY everybody.
Chill Fab. I agree with alan, and i think the most important thing is to not do the same to our subordinates/juniors when we become M.O./specialists later. Break the vicious cycle.
Enuff about that. Let's enjoy our CNY weekend and spend time with our family and friends. Take care y'all.
Chill Fab. I agree with alan, and i think the most important thing is to not do the same to our subordinates/juniors when we become M.O./specialists later. Break the vicious cycle.
Enuff about that. Let's enjoy our CNY weekend and spend time with our family and friends. Take care y'all.
Hey Happy New Year everyone...
Took 1 day off on Wed and, since in Kuala Pilah not working on public hols and weekends if not on-call, have 5 day stretch off till Sun. Too bad it's already Sat today :(
The best way to get thru HOship is to let it wash over you. They're like a river trying to sweep you away but you're like a rock, dude, secure against the flood. Pretty Zen. Numbness is da way. Don't let them get to you, coz they're not important in your life. Allowing them to make you sad or angry means giving them too much power over you. These are insignificant people who have no right to influence what you think or feel, and getting upset because of them is not worth it. Only people who are important to you have the right to make you feel this way.
Hmm if only this works...
Took 1 day off on Wed and, since in Kuala Pilah not working on public hols and weekends if not on-call, have 5 day stretch off till Sun. Too bad it's already Sat today :(
The best way to get thru HOship is to let it wash over you. They're like a river trying to sweep you away but you're like a rock, dude, secure against the flood. Pretty Zen. Numbness is da way. Don't let them get to you, coz they're not important in your life. Allowing them to make you sad or angry means giving them too much power over you. These are insignificant people who have no right to influence what you think or feel, and getting upset because of them is not worth it. Only people who are important to you have the right to make you feel this way.
Hmm if only this works...
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Friday, January 16, 2004
hi, i hope i am not disturbing the net community by updating some of news from south, jb. oh i just bought a dell notebook so definitely i am putting lots of efforts and money in doing this matter. our HO private life has been invaded by our fucking deputy pengarah of hospital. he spotted checking our room and comment in the group meeting on our dirty room, sperm on the floor, hanging panties and luckily he didn"t find out my X book and X VCD collection. it is really irritating and ridiculous. i am moving out i guess but where too? hey...
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I am officially on leave from today till the weekend, then going to work for 1 1/2 week before breaking for CNY!! what a wonderful feeling!
Finally finishing O&G! to those who have not done the horrible posting... enjoy. To all those who actually LIKE the posting... u're nuts but to each one his/her own preference.
LoTR was nice, but i agree with Alan that at the end everything was too rush, we probably have 1 hour extra scenes in the extended version.
Ju Ann... be nice and dont keep us in the dark.
I am officially on leave from today till the weekend, then going to work for 1 1/2 week before breaking for CNY!! what a wonderful feeling!
Finally finishing O&G! to those who have not done the horrible posting... enjoy. To all those who actually LIKE the posting... u're nuts but to each one his/her own preference.
LoTR was nice, but i agree with Alan that at the end everything was too rush, we probably have 1 hour extra scenes in the extended version.
Ju Ann... be nice and dont keep us in the dark.
Sunday, January 04, 2004
happy new yr everybody....belated tht is...
17more days to monkey yr....
50 more days to new posting and tagging again...
170 more days to (junior) MO-ship....(shiver....i still know nuts.....)
since i'm late in wishing all a happy new yr.....happy chinese new year to all.....logging on to internet will be less frequent this month...since calls are all cramped up before taking long leave for CNY....
17more days to monkey yr....
50 more days to new posting and tagging again...
170 more days to (junior) MO-ship....(shiver....i still know nuts.....)
since i'm late in wishing all a happy new yr.....happy chinese new year to all.....logging on to internet will be less frequent this month...since calls are all cramped up before taking long leave for CNY....
Friday, January 02, 2004
I AM STILL having this dammed stupid EOD call however i still managed to catch ROTK and overall still one of the best movie of the year but get a bit bored by same way of fighting. a lot that the director can't made into movie but it is good enough already. oh, by the way, happy new year and happy monkey year to those who believe in chinese astrology
Sunday, December 28, 2003
Caution: don't read further if you've not seen LotR: RotK
Gosh more departures from the actual feel and characterization of the story. Nearly fainted in the cinema. Too many to comment on, and hardly bother anymore. Instead will give you my envisagement of the story vs. the portrayal on film.
Scenes I'd have liked to see, or seen done differently
1) Confrontation between Gandalf and Saruman where Gandalf breaks Saruman's staff and casts him from the White Council. It'll probably be in the extended version
2) Confrontation between Gandalf and the Lord of the Nazgul at the gate of Minas Tirith after it is thrown down by Grond. It might be in the extended version
3) Confrontation between Eowyn and the Lord of the Nazgul. Eowyn, having realized she will lose everything she cares about on the battlefield and having had her love rejected by Aragorn, stands unafraid before the Witch-King, sword in hand, golden hair streaming in the wind, tall and beautiful yet cold as ice and hard as stone
4) The Witch-King, stabbed in the popliteal fossa by Merry, stumbles and bows before Eowyn, and she brings her sword down between his crown and cloak. At the death of the Witch-King a long sorrowful wail is lifted into the air, and fades slowly into nothing
5) The knights of Minas Tirith sweeping out of the city in force to join the Rohirrim on the battlefield. In the real story the attackers never manage to get through the broken gate to enter the city. The host of the Dead never come to Gondor and it is through the own efforts of Gondor's army, with aid from the Rohirrim, that Sauron's forces are defeated on the Pelennor. In the movie version one wonders why Minas Tirith is so significant to Sauron since it has no substantial army of its own and is obviously dependent on Rohan for its defence. The inclusion of the Dead in the battle of the Pelennor is SO deus ex machina. And the inrushing of luminous green figures into Minas Tirith to clean out the invaders looks incredibly like a detergent advertisement where oil and filth is washed clean away by nice lemony soap suds
6) The great black ships of the Corsairs of Umbar sailing up the river, seen from the city and the battlefield, bringing yells of joy from the uruks and cries of woe from the men. Suddenly a flag unfurls from a tall mast of the leading ship and it is the banner of Aragorn, fluttering like a white flame in the breeze
7) Denethor revealing that he too possesses a palantir, and with it, perceiving the full strength of Sauron, is filled only with utter despair. Yet he was still a shrewd and able commander, organizing the defences of the city to the end, and was only broken down when Faramir was brought in wounded and dying, realizing how much he really loved his son. Portraying him as a useless creep from the beginning was absolutely ridiculous. And the flambe scene in which Denethor leapt from the wall like a piece of cooked pork was pure drivel, reminiscent of the other similar stupid Nazgul flambe episode on Weathertop in FotR
8) The long march of the combined armies of Gondor and Rohan to the Black Gate through a silent brooding desolate land with the Mountains of Shadow on their right. On the way they come to Minas Morgul which is nearly empty as its inhabitants have been destroyed in the battle of the Pelennor, and Aragorn orders the burning of the field of rotting white flowers at the entrance to the city of the Nazgul. Towards the end the movie seemed rushed for time and everything seemed to move abnormally fast compared to the beginning of the movie. Bad pacing, but I guess the audience needs to go to toilet
9) The force led by Aragorn and Eomer arrayed before the Black Gate, rank upon rank of grim horsemen and knights in shining armour, banners flying, challenging beyond hope the might of Sauron. The army of many thousands in the book was downplayed to a ragtag band of few hundreds in the movie
10) The vial of Galadriel, flaring to spectacular brilliance in the hand of a selfless brave young hobbit, pours light into Shelob's wounds, causing her unbearable pain and forcing her to flee from Sam
11) The statues of the Watchers at the gate of Cirith Ungol casting an invisible force field preventing Sam from entering to rescue his master. It'll probably be in the extended version
12) The fall of Barad-Dur, with its innumerable towers and battlements, a fabulous sprawling city, great and invincible, sliding down its mountain throne and crashing down in ruin. Somehow in 14 years I've never imagined the Dark Tower as an erect penis with an Eye on it.
13) Romance blooming between Faramir and Eowyn, and both of them standing on a wall in Minas Tirith, watching the Mountains of Shadow from a distance, holding hands and fearing for their friends who have gone into battle. At the fall of Sauron in the distance they see a vast black cloud rise above the height of mountains, crowned with lightning, and a tremor runs in the earth and up the walls of the city. Then slowly the darkness departs and the sun breaks out, and a fresh wind whips up their hair, mingling gold and black. An eagle flies in from the East crying that the realm of Sauron is ended forever, and throughout the city the sound of rejoicing is heard.
14) The same dark cloud seen by Gandalf at the Black Gate, rising from the destruction of Barad-Dur, towering to the sky, reaching out to engulf the world but is torn away helplessly by the wind.
Scenes I liked because they're better than I personally imagined, or because they don't exist but were put in to good effect
1) The lighting of the beacons
2) The attack by the Nazgul on their flying mounts on the men in the field and on the city walls
3) Pippin singing for Denethor
4) The battle between the Eagles and the Nazgul above the Black Gate
On the whole the special effects were quite fantastic, and I liked all those quiet emotional moments between the characters :P
2 years ago I gave FotR an A for the movie itself and a C- for the adaptation making the overall grade a B; TT got a B for the movie and a G (1 grade lower than F) for the adaptation making the overall grade D. RotK again gets A and C- with an overall grade of B.
Gosh more departures from the actual feel and characterization of the story. Nearly fainted in the cinema. Too many to comment on, and hardly bother anymore. Instead will give you my envisagement of the story vs. the portrayal on film.
Scenes I'd have liked to see, or seen done differently
1) Confrontation between Gandalf and Saruman where Gandalf breaks Saruman's staff and casts him from the White Council. It'll probably be in the extended version
2) Confrontation between Gandalf and the Lord of the Nazgul at the gate of Minas Tirith after it is thrown down by Grond. It might be in the extended version
3) Confrontation between Eowyn and the Lord of the Nazgul. Eowyn, having realized she will lose everything she cares about on the battlefield and having had her love rejected by Aragorn, stands unafraid before the Witch-King, sword in hand, golden hair streaming in the wind, tall and beautiful yet cold as ice and hard as stone
4) The Witch-King, stabbed in the popliteal fossa by Merry, stumbles and bows before Eowyn, and she brings her sword down between his crown and cloak. At the death of the Witch-King a long sorrowful wail is lifted into the air, and fades slowly into nothing
5) The knights of Minas Tirith sweeping out of the city in force to join the Rohirrim on the battlefield. In the real story the attackers never manage to get through the broken gate to enter the city. The host of the Dead never come to Gondor and it is through the own efforts of Gondor's army, with aid from the Rohirrim, that Sauron's forces are defeated on the Pelennor. In the movie version one wonders why Minas Tirith is so significant to Sauron since it has no substantial army of its own and is obviously dependent on Rohan for its defence. The inclusion of the Dead in the battle of the Pelennor is SO deus ex machina. And the inrushing of luminous green figures into Minas Tirith to clean out the invaders looks incredibly like a detergent advertisement where oil and filth is washed clean away by nice lemony soap suds
6) The great black ships of the Corsairs of Umbar sailing up the river, seen from the city and the battlefield, bringing yells of joy from the uruks and cries of woe from the men. Suddenly a flag unfurls from a tall mast of the leading ship and it is the banner of Aragorn, fluttering like a white flame in the breeze
7) Denethor revealing that he too possesses a palantir, and with it, perceiving the full strength of Sauron, is filled only with utter despair. Yet he was still a shrewd and able commander, organizing the defences of the city to the end, and was only broken down when Faramir was brought in wounded and dying, realizing how much he really loved his son. Portraying him as a useless creep from the beginning was absolutely ridiculous. And the flambe scene in which Denethor leapt from the wall like a piece of cooked pork was pure drivel, reminiscent of the other similar stupid Nazgul flambe episode on Weathertop in FotR
8) The long march of the combined armies of Gondor and Rohan to the Black Gate through a silent brooding desolate land with the Mountains of Shadow on their right. On the way they come to Minas Morgul which is nearly empty as its inhabitants have been destroyed in the battle of the Pelennor, and Aragorn orders the burning of the field of rotting white flowers at the entrance to the city of the Nazgul. Towards the end the movie seemed rushed for time and everything seemed to move abnormally fast compared to the beginning of the movie. Bad pacing, but I guess the audience needs to go to toilet
9) The force led by Aragorn and Eomer arrayed before the Black Gate, rank upon rank of grim horsemen and knights in shining armour, banners flying, challenging beyond hope the might of Sauron. The army of many thousands in the book was downplayed to a ragtag band of few hundreds in the movie
10) The vial of Galadriel, flaring to spectacular brilliance in the hand of a selfless brave young hobbit, pours light into Shelob's wounds, causing her unbearable pain and forcing her to flee from Sam
11) The statues of the Watchers at the gate of Cirith Ungol casting an invisible force field preventing Sam from entering to rescue his master. It'll probably be in the extended version
12) The fall of Barad-Dur, with its innumerable towers and battlements, a fabulous sprawling city, great and invincible, sliding down its mountain throne and crashing down in ruin. Somehow in 14 years I've never imagined the Dark Tower as an erect penis with an Eye on it.
13) Romance blooming between Faramir and Eowyn, and both of them standing on a wall in Minas Tirith, watching the Mountains of Shadow from a distance, holding hands and fearing for their friends who have gone into battle. At the fall of Sauron in the distance they see a vast black cloud rise above the height of mountains, crowned with lightning, and a tremor runs in the earth and up the walls of the city. Then slowly the darkness departs and the sun breaks out, and a fresh wind whips up their hair, mingling gold and black. An eagle flies in from the East crying that the realm of Sauron is ended forever, and throughout the city the sound of rejoicing is heard.
14) The same dark cloud seen by Gandalf at the Black Gate, rising from the destruction of Barad-Dur, towering to the sky, reaching out to engulf the world but is torn away helplessly by the wind.
Scenes I liked because they're better than I personally imagined, or because they don't exist but were put in to good effect
1) The lighting of the beacons
2) The attack by the Nazgul on their flying mounts on the men in the field and on the city walls
3) Pippin singing for Denethor
4) The battle between the Eagles and the Nazgul above the Black Gate
On the whole the special effects were quite fantastic, and I liked all those quiet emotional moments between the characters :P
2 years ago I gave FotR an A for the movie itself and a C- for the adaptation making the overall grade a B; TT got a B for the movie and a G (1 grade lower than F) for the adaptation making the overall grade D. RotK again gets A and C- with an overall grade of B.
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
i think the premiere is today isn't it?
I'm sure everybody will be eagerly flocking to cinemas everywhere they're working to catch the final instalment. Too bad for places without cinemas... they'll just have to sit down and pluck maggots out of rotting flesh. Half as exciting, but that's life.
Raya week here in Sabah was so so surprisingly quiet. Delivery was at an all time low that at one point there was only 6 patients in postnatal ward. So much so the staff nurses outnumbered both mothers and babies put together.
Now tho... they are starting to file in with multiple problems. Horrible pregnant women.
I'm sure everybody will be eagerly flocking to cinemas everywhere they're working to catch the final instalment. Too bad for places without cinemas... they'll just have to sit down and pluck maggots out of rotting flesh. Half as exciting, but that's life.
Raya week here in Sabah was so so surprisingly quiet. Delivery was at an all time low that at one point there was only 6 patients in postnatal ward. So much so the staff nurses outnumbered both mothers and babies put together.
Now tho... they are starting to file in with multiple problems. Horrible pregnant women.
Monday, December 15, 2003
Gosh there wuz a lady who came in end of last week with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth from years of taking sirih. She hadn't been taken care of properly so the cancer has eaten away the whole of her right cheek and jaw so you can see the teeth and tongue. That part of the face is also a boiling mass of maggots, crawling and squirming among the crags and crevices of rotting tissue. When I opened the bandage that day the maggots lifted up their tiny black heads in my direction so it wuz as if many little black eyes turned to stare at me from the ruined flesh. Ugh!
The problem is that after a few minutes all of them creep back deep into the face so it's really difficult to catch them. We've ruled out turpentine dressing as the lady can aspirate, and suction didn't work as we could not reach into the many pits and recesses to draw the maggots out.
At a loss of what to do. Any ideas?
The problem is that after a few minutes all of them creep back deep into the face so it's really difficult to catch them. We've ruled out turpentine dressing as the lady can aspirate, and suction didn't work as we could not reach into the many pits and recesses to draw the maggots out.
At a loss of what to do. Any ideas?
Monday, December 08, 2003
Raya season wuz hell in Kuala Pilah. Casualty unit wuz flooded with MVAs. I'm in Surgery Dept but there is only 1 call list for both Ortho and Surgery meaning Ortho and Surgical HOs have to see both Ortho AND Surgical cases while on-call. They called me back at 5 something am on my call day on the first day of Raya to start the call coz the ppl the day before were too exhausted *sob sob*.
But yeah nothing sucks like O&G. One night I had 4 PPHs, two of which happened at the same time, 1 severe pre-eclampsia requiring MgSO4 infusion, 1 acute transfusion reaction, 1 thyrotoxicosis and 2 flat babies requiring resuscitation. But we've never had 2 eclampsias in a day tho' *ugh*. Anyone doing O&G now or in the coming posting: ENJOY!
But yeah nothing sucks like O&G. One night I had 4 PPHs, two of which happened at the same time, 1 severe pre-eclampsia requiring MgSO4 infusion, 1 acute transfusion reaction, 1 thyrotoxicosis and 2 flat babies requiring resuscitation. But we've never had 2 eclampsias in a day tho' *ugh*. Anyone doing O&G now or in the coming posting: ENJOY!
Thursday, December 04, 2003
Saturday, November 29, 2003
yala those stupid pregnant lady tahan tahan tahan for raya and now post raya they start streaming in with all sorts of problems. Imagine la, 2 eclampsia case came in on the SAME day!
Anyway its now 1 1/2 past O&G... i am beginning to be able to see the end... thank god!
Time sure flies... hope it flies faster this 2 1/2 months
I am doing the call list here... time to abuse my power hehehe
Anyway its now 1 1/2 past O&G... i am beginning to be able to see the end... thank god!
Time sure flies... hope it flies faster this 2 1/2 months
I am doing the call list here... time to abuse my power hehehe
Thursday, November 27, 2003
Sunday, November 23, 2003
even though we here non muslim houseman have to EOD but i think it isn't so bad as there much less patient hence less work load. like me now oncall for 2 ward approximately 100 beds but there are only less than 20 patient need your attention. sent them all home that is our policy here ,anyway as long as they bring alot their red card. they can deliver anyway they like. yes sent them all away.
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
Saturday, November 01, 2003
o+g is killing us all. and of cause killing us softly and slowly. here JB, everybody seen a bit quite so i think i should make some updating from the south. me and shikin are doing o+g as you can guess. my girl is doing medicine alone. pity her alot but this is what she meant to. yahya, hani and zaini are doing surgical posting. oh i think ella is also doing surgical. good lah they have anice posting for puasa month. zakiah is still on maternity leave i think. take care i friends and selamat bepuasa to all muslim.
Thursday, October 30, 2003
yeah thanks sathiya. I anticipate the longest 4 months too... brain atrophying by the minute. By the end of 4 months it'll be the size of a pea.
to all muslim friends, selamat berpuasa!!
Tony is having so much fun in Medicine he refuses to come back from the ward till late at night!
I on the other hand, can't wait to get out of O&G, and that after only 2 weeks
to all muslim friends, selamat berpuasa!!
Tony is having so much fun in Medicine he refuses to come back from the ward till late at night!
I on the other hand, can't wait to get out of O&G, and that after only 2 weeks
Saturday, October 25, 2003
Hi guys,
Syitah, I don't have Lenie's number but Guan Fook should have it. His HP no. is 0124233412. Lenie, Farah, Qamariah and Guan Fook are all doing O&G. MC, Azlina and Chee Foo doing Paeds. I'm the only one doing medicine, so feel a bit lonely in this posting. But it's been ok so far. MOs and specialists nice. Our head of department is not well liked but haven't had any dealings with him yet. Do you guys have to go for vivas and do case summaries? In this posting, I have to go for a viva every month and hand in 15 case summaries. Nevermind, I suppose can cut and paste.
Everybody, enjoy your second posting!
Syitah, I don't have Lenie's number but Guan Fook should have it. His HP no. is 0124233412. Lenie, Farah, Qamariah and Guan Fook are all doing O&G. MC, Azlina and Chee Foo doing Paeds. I'm the only one doing medicine, so feel a bit lonely in this posting. But it's been ok so far. MOs and specialists nice. Our head of department is not well liked but haven't had any dealings with him yet. Do you guys have to go for vivas and do case summaries? In this posting, I have to go for a viva every month and hand in 15 case summaries. Nevermind, I suppose can cut and paste.
Everybody, enjoy your second posting!
Sunday, October 12, 2003
I am going to O&G next! yucks, the only consolation is that i get it over fast...
4 months sure seemed like a short time. There were bad times, and there were good times, all part and parcel of the job. Keep hanging in there... the next few months should be interesting... what with Matrix and LOTR on their way! Thank god Sabah has a cinema, a pitiful one, but one nonetheless
4 months sure seemed like a short time. There were bad times, and there were good times, all part and parcel of the job. Keep hanging in there... the next few months should be interesting... what with Matrix and LOTR on their way! Thank god Sabah has a cinema, a pitiful one, but one nonetheless
Hi, everyone. Greetings to all de senior HOs out there. Glad 2hear fr all of u again. It's really been a long long time since i heard fr u guys n gals (as SH mentioned, we din hav internet connection at our home) Sur posting in Alor Star was quite enjoyable, except 4 de lots of oncalls, n GF said he enjoyed his Med posting very much too. Still remember Lim Kheng Seang?? Our PM when we first attended de Haluansiswa back in the good old days. He's senior MO in Med now n will b sitting 4 his MRCP part 2. Not many people like him over here, he kind of had a change of personalities compared to the good nature, patience loving super senior when we were in UM.....
Am having my last few days of holidays now. just watched Identity in Sg. Petani wif my GF. it's quite an interesting movie and worth a watch.
Lee Kien...u r the man..mayb it's just me only but i din even finished one topic of subjects related to my posting...sigh...i'm dat pathetic...hope to at least finished 2 topics in my next posting, which is Peads by the way....will b doing Peads wif MC
Other than dat, i'v seen lots of movies, tv's and play lots of PC games (although they'r still de same boring one) in this posting. Hoping to hav time to do the same next posting....
I dreaded the time when we'll hav to tag all over again.....siiiigggghhhhhh...
Am having my last few days of holidays now. just watched Identity in Sg. Petani wif my GF. it's quite an interesting movie and worth a watch.
Lee Kien...u r the man..mayb it's just me only but i din even finished one topic of subjects related to my posting...sigh...i'm dat pathetic...hope to at least finished 2 topics in my next posting, which is Peads by the way....will b doing Peads wif MC
Other than dat, i'v seen lots of movies, tv's and play lots of PC games (although they'r still de same boring one) in this posting. Hoping to hav time to do the same next posting....
I dreaded the time when we'll hav to tag all over again.....siiiigggghhhhhh...
Saturday, October 11, 2003
Hi.
Much ward-wise now after first posting. Getting to know better the selok-belok of hospital work, administration and the undercurrents. Had some beautiful moments when I actually helped someone, had lots of ugly moments feeling futile, disinterested or disheartened.
Oh, the loser pakistan-grad M.O. that I kept criticising has gone to join the army medical. So Alan wont have to work with him when Alan come to Surg.
Found it quite difficult to juggle between working and studying. Had to really fit in every minute for optimal time management. Now I really admire our seniors who worked as M.O.s, doing the calls, pregnant or already having kids, doing locum and still can pass exams like MRCP.
Am going to O&G next. Seow Voon still has 2 weeks to go because she started later.
Much ward-wise now after first posting. Getting to know better the selok-belok of hospital work, administration and the undercurrents. Had some beautiful moments when I actually helped someone, had lots of ugly moments feeling futile, disinterested or disheartened.
Oh, the loser pakistan-grad M.O. that I kept criticising has gone to join the army medical. So Alan wont have to work with him when Alan come to Surg.
Found it quite difficult to juggle between working and studying. Had to really fit in every minute for optimal time management. Now I really admire our seniors who worked as M.O.s, doing the calls, pregnant or already having kids, doing locum and still can pass exams like MRCP.
Am going to O&G next. Seow Voon still has 2 weeks to go because she started later.
Friday, October 10, 2003
Hello Senior H.O's!! Hip hip hooray for the months that have passed...Penang has been kewl so far,but the rain is terrible! Flooding everywhere,around the hospital even.Gosh...and to think that even that didnt stop patients from flooding the ward when i was oncall...darn sampans!!
God bless everyone :)
God bless everyone :)
i know is bad to drink but now i realize nothing can beat alcohol in blunting our feeling especially the bad ones. find it too bitter !why not adding some sprite into beer, malta into stout, lemon into vodca, syrup into wine, soda into brandy, pineapple in rum, icetea into whisky and after all we've got to blend it well just like our lives-a colourful one. find way to light up your life and you shall find yourself burning bright one day. happy end of posting.
going to singapore to waste some money before going into the hell of o&g!!!!!!
going to singapore to waste some money before going into the hell of o&g!!!!!!
Saturday, September 27, 2003
Sunday, September 21, 2003
Friday, September 19, 2003
Hi guys. No internet access in our rented house so only get to read this blog when I go home. Not too busy at the moment. When I'm not on call, I'm glued to the TV. Bought some books to read. At least now can spend some money on books without feeling too guilty. Always fall asleep while watching VCD with my housemates. Oh gosh, I think my life is going to be pretty monotonous. Somebody help!
Friday, September 12, 2003
Sunday, September 07, 2003
Sunday, August 31, 2003
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
EPL EPL EPL!!! Life has begun!! Football season is back again and boy is it promising to be good. MU still strong, Arsenal still playing beautiful football, Chelski buying up all the players in the planet, and Liverpool... er oh they're all the way down there. oops
Saturday and Sunday just wasnt the same without football. Now there can be life after work
Saturday and Sunday just wasnt the same without football. Now there can be life after work
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Friday, August 15, 2003
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Sunday, August 10, 2003
Saturday, August 09, 2003
Friday, August 08, 2003
i intubated a patient last week my very first one. i failed once where the epiglottis is almost coming out from the throat. i don't think i will become a anaesthetist. wah. it was very underpressure when the ett just could not past through the larynhx and the spo2 is dropping. hey, what to do you are the only doctor in the ward, MO was in OT, nurses staring at you. luckily mary is with me that night.
anyway. i will be back to KL on monday, 11/8. looking for any kaki to go and have a couple of pint if possible. see you guys, bye.
anyway. i will be back to KL on monday, 11/8. looking for any kaki to go and have a couple of pint if possible. see you guys, bye.
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
Tuesday, August 05, 2003
Hi everybody,
Alan and I went to Bahau last week. It was a spur of a moment decision. Bahau is about 15km from K.Pilah. Bahau is definitely bigger than KP. More shops and food choices. Population mainly Chinese. Guess what, we played Daytona there.
During my last call I had to send a patient with GCS 6 to Hosp Seremban at 2am for an urgent CT brain. He was intubated and I had to bag him all the way during the 45minute journey. The road is windy and I was nauseated. This is evil, but I was secretly hoping that he will have a bleed so that he will have to be admitted to Hosp Sban or even neurosurgery HKL. The CT scan showed no obvious bleed, but the Seremban Surgical MO oncall decided to admit him anyway. I took a sigh of relief and (happily) pushed the patient to the Surg ward at 4.45am ... and guess who was the Surg HO oncall? Fabian. He must have been damned chuak to see me with this patient at a crazy hour like that.
... that's not all. When Fabian was attending to my patient, the staff nurse said: Dr Fabian, patient yang kat belakang itu asystole lah. Long live all housemen in the world!
Alan and I went to Bahau last week. It was a spur of a moment decision. Bahau is about 15km from K.Pilah. Bahau is definitely bigger than KP. More shops and food choices. Population mainly Chinese. Guess what, we played Daytona there.
During my last call I had to send a patient with GCS 6 to Hosp Seremban at 2am for an urgent CT brain. He was intubated and I had to bag him all the way during the 45minute journey. The road is windy and I was nauseated. This is evil, but I was secretly hoping that he will have a bleed so that he will have to be admitted to Hosp Sban or even neurosurgery HKL. The CT scan showed no obvious bleed, but the Seremban Surgical MO oncall decided to admit him anyway. I took a sigh of relief and (happily) pushed the patient to the Surg ward at 4.45am ... and guess who was the Surg HO oncall? Fabian. He must have been damned chuak to see me with this patient at a crazy hour like that.
... that's not all. When Fabian was attending to my patient, the staff nurse said: Dr Fabian, patient yang kat belakang itu asystole lah. Long live all housemen in the world!
Monday, August 04, 2003
oh what hell ipoh sounds like compared to the rest of you. anyways, no big complaints since i'm already stuck here. was on first call yesterday night. had two polytrauma cases left over from the night before. damn man's BP going up and down all the time. the other guy has been transfused with like 7 pints of blood already, gone through 2 DIVC regimes..... i hope he doesn't overload tonight.
had to attend some orientation today. stupid people. we have all been working for more than a month already and they are teaching us how to fill in lab forms and check blood now. might as well do it when we end our postings. radiologists are people from hell as usual. kept insulting HOs like they are God and knows everything. well, well.... mustn't blame them....afterall, they are the only ones who can see so many tones of grey.
on call again on friday. first call also. no light from heaven shinning at me i guess.
had to attend some orientation today. stupid people. we have all been working for more than a month already and they are teaching us how to fill in lab forms and check blood now. might as well do it when we end our postings. radiologists are people from hell as usual. kept insulting HOs like they are God and knows everything. well, well.... mustn't blame them....afterall, they are the only ones who can see so many tones of grey.
on call again on friday. first call also. no light from heaven shinning at me i guess.
Sunday, August 03, 2003
Saturday, July 26, 2003
hello!! glad to hear about ur life in the other hospitals! Looks like u r all adapting quite well.
We here in KK seem more free compared to u guys, since we seem to be oversaturated with HOs, though that means that u can find more people snaking around.
Here in surgery we are expected to do appendicectomies, but due to the many HOs some are graduating without even doing one! this is a bad thing as once sent out to the district if they dont know how to do appendicectomy means have to send back QEH, leading to curses from specialists, MOs and HOs who have to clerk patients.
You can do practically anything here, the natives are generally very trusting towards doctors and allow us to do anything we like on them! Procedures are at a u ask, u probably get to do basis. Heard medicine more procedures but also oversaturated that they are only doing like 4-5 calls a month!
Taking 1 week leave for convo, from 10-17th of August! see u all then!
We here in KK seem more free compared to u guys, since we seem to be oversaturated with HOs, though that means that u can find more people snaking around.
Here in surgery we are expected to do appendicectomies, but due to the many HOs some are graduating without even doing one! this is a bad thing as once sent out to the district if they dont know how to do appendicectomy means have to send back QEH, leading to curses from specialists, MOs and HOs who have to clerk patients.
You can do practically anything here, the natives are generally very trusting towards doctors and allow us to do anything we like on them! Procedures are at a u ask, u probably get to do basis. Heard medicine more procedures but also oversaturated that they are only doing like 4-5 calls a month!
Taking 1 week leave for convo, from 10-17th of August! see u all then!
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