Heard Manjung got hit by a few waves.
We know Chun Wearn was in PJ at that time.
But where wuz Adeline? Wuz she sitting on the beach with her bikini on? Please contact us as soon as you can. We hope you're safe.
Anyone with news of Adeline please update us ok :(
Monday, December 27, 2004
The damage is incredible. My skin is tingling.
The earthquake's after effects came without warning. Witnesses said sea waters at first retreated far out into the ocean, only to return at a vicious pace. Some regions reported a crashing wall of water 20 feet high.
"The water went back, back, back, so far away, and everyone wondered what it was. Then we saw the wave come, and we ran," said Katri Seppanen, who was in Thailand, on Phuket island's popular Patong beach.
Yahoo! News
The earthquake's after effects came without warning. Witnesses said sea waters at first retreated far out into the ocean, only to return at a vicious pace. Some regions reported a crashing wall of water 20 feet high.
"The water went back, back, back, so far away, and everyone wondered what it was. Then we saw the wave come, and we ran," said Katri Seppanen, who was in Thailand, on Phuket island's popular Patong beach.
Yahoo! News
Tsunami!
"She felt like the table rocking while sitting at her desk in A&E Alor Star. It was 9 am local time on Dec 27, 2004. Seow Voon quickly assume it must be the colleague sitting at the other end of the desk who was tapping her feet on the table. The colleague felt the rocking too. They stared at each other, their eyes saying 'hey, did you feel that?'. As soon as they began to realise that the whole floor is actually rocking, it ceased as abruptly as it commenced. She quickly dismissed the incident as she resumed her work."
That was Seow Voon's experience. I was in the OT which is on the first floor, busy with work, and did not notice anything. But the OT sister who was sitting at her desk (who has nothing much to do) felt some vibration, but nobody gave any attention to it.
How is it like in GH Penang/Ipoh? I read at the newspaper that Selayang hosp evacuated their wards.
Good thing we were protected by Sumatra.
The funny thing is that we can get more reports and visual footage from foreign news network like CNN and CNBC on thing happening in our own country compared to our own local news network.
P/S It must look like I am so free, can write on the blog so frequently.
"She felt like the table rocking while sitting at her desk in A&E Alor Star. It was 9 am local time on Dec 27, 2004. Seow Voon quickly assume it must be the colleague sitting at the other end of the desk who was tapping her feet on the table. The colleague felt the rocking too. They stared at each other, their eyes saying 'hey, did you feel that?'. As soon as they began to realise that the whole floor is actually rocking, it ceased as abruptly as it commenced. She quickly dismissed the incident as she resumed her work."
That was Seow Voon's experience. I was in the OT which is on the first floor, busy with work, and did not notice anything. But the OT sister who was sitting at her desk (who has nothing much to do) felt some vibration, but nobody gave any attention to it.
How is it like in GH Penang/Ipoh? I read at the newspaper that Selayang hosp evacuated their wards.
Good thing we were protected by Sumatra.
The funny thing is that we can get more reports and visual footage from foreign news network like CNN and CNBC on thing happening in our own country compared to our own local news network.
P/S It must look like I am so free, can write on the blog so frequently.
Sunday, December 26, 2004
Hi all!
Happy new year..year 2005...just 15 years away from our Vision 2020...cant you just remember those times where we have to 'study-and -pretend-to care' about Wawasan 2020 for SPM karangan and all....that was nearly 8 years ago guys!!!
Unable to watch Phantom of the Op...no CINEMA here!!!!
Time to visit my fav 3 for $10 dvd shop coming chinese new year...
To those taking mrcp/ch...yes...dun deny (there is a whole LOT of you out there)....GOOD LUCK!
As for de rest non-mrcp/ch- cluster /anomaly...join de club! time to make new year resolutions guys! mine is to quit making them (resolutions)
Ciao!
Happy new year..year 2005...just 15 years away from our Vision 2020...cant you just remember those times where we have to 'study-and -pretend-to care' about Wawasan 2020 for SPM karangan and all....that was nearly 8 years ago guys!!!
Unable to watch Phantom of the Op...no CINEMA here!!!!
Time to visit my fav 3 for $10 dvd shop coming chinese new year...
To those taking mrcp/ch...yes...dun deny (there is a whole LOT of you out there)....GOOD LUCK!
As for de rest non-mrcp/ch- cluster /anomaly...join de club! time to make new year resolutions guys! mine is to quit making them (resolutions)
Ciao!
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Merry Christmas everyone.
We went to Gurney Plaza, Penang (there is no decent cinema in ALor Star!) to watch Phantom of the Opera, and I find that it is a good adaptation of the original theater production. Musically, it stayed faithful to the original score, with some minor cut and paste which worked seamlessly.
Ok, spoilers ahead. You guys who haven't watch the movie, avert your gaze.
Here are some aspects which I liked most about this adaptation:
1. They were right to put the chandelier crash at the end as the climax. In the original production, the chandelier crashed just before intermission. (The chandelier crash is the mechanical hallmark of Phantom of the Opera musical). The chandelier 'rise' at the beginning of the show, giving color to the initially black and white screen, is also good.
2. The Phantom has a more foreboding, gothic and dark character. A movie obviously have more visual means to portray this compared to a theater. His masks look cool too. The aspect that the Phantom was born with facial deformities with history of being treated un-humanely during childhood is a new feature. In theater, the Phantom's origin is not explored, and it is left to the audience's imagination whether he is human or ghost, why is he deformed and why he came to haunt the opera house.
3. Christine's performance in "Think of Me"
Some aspects which I didn't like:
1. Christine's acting. Yeah, the young lady has amazing singing prowess, but her acting skills leave much to be desired. All she did throughout the movie was look dazed or confused.
2. The sword-fight part was another addition in the movie version. The illogical part is that, why did Raoul not capture the Phantom immediately after he defeated him, or at least tie him to a tree or something. Instead, they want to leave him there, and then the very next day, stage a complicated plan to capture the phantom in the opera house, his own domain. Sure, the director wants to make Raoul more macho by putting in a sordfight scene (in the original production, Raoul is a wimp), but at least make it look like Raoul defeated the Phantom, but somehow he manages to escape.
3. Phantom's performance in "Music of the Night". There were parts which he did not articulate well. Maybe I am biased, because I really think no one can beat Michael Crawford's (the original Phantom) rendition; and it is my favorite song of the show.
All in all, they did justice to Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical ingenuity. In the movie, it is clearer who is singing in which context, especially in complex intertwined songs like Prima Donna and Masquerade. In the theater, it is hard to catch who is singing where, when all the performers are on stage. I watched the movie on THX; and yet in the musical theater where the orchestra plays live, the real music is more 'surround' than the THX surround system.
Happy New Year y'all.
Yong
We went to Gurney Plaza, Penang (there is no decent cinema in ALor Star!) to watch Phantom of the Opera, and I find that it is a good adaptation of the original theater production. Musically, it stayed faithful to the original score, with some minor cut and paste which worked seamlessly.
Ok, spoilers ahead. You guys who haven't watch the movie, avert your gaze.
Here are some aspects which I liked most about this adaptation:
1. They were right to put the chandelier crash at the end as the climax. In the original production, the chandelier crashed just before intermission. (The chandelier crash is the mechanical hallmark of Phantom of the Opera musical). The chandelier 'rise' at the beginning of the show, giving color to the initially black and white screen, is also good.
2. The Phantom has a more foreboding, gothic and dark character. A movie obviously have more visual means to portray this compared to a theater. His masks look cool too. The aspect that the Phantom was born with facial deformities with history of being treated un-humanely during childhood is a new feature. In theater, the Phantom's origin is not explored, and it is left to the audience's imagination whether he is human or ghost, why is he deformed and why he came to haunt the opera house.
3. Christine's performance in "Think of Me"
Some aspects which I didn't like:
1. Christine's acting. Yeah, the young lady has amazing singing prowess, but her acting skills leave much to be desired. All she did throughout the movie was look dazed or confused.
2. The sword-fight part was another addition in the movie version. The illogical part is that, why did Raoul not capture the Phantom immediately after he defeated him, or at least tie him to a tree or something. Instead, they want to leave him there, and then the very next day, stage a complicated plan to capture the phantom in the opera house, his own domain. Sure, the director wants to make Raoul more macho by putting in a sordfight scene (in the original production, Raoul is a wimp), but at least make it look like Raoul defeated the Phantom, but somehow he manages to escape.
3. Phantom's performance in "Music of the Night". There were parts which he did not articulate well. Maybe I am biased, because I really think no one can beat Michael Crawford's (the original Phantom) rendition; and it is my favorite song of the show.
All in all, they did justice to Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical ingenuity. In the movie, it is clearer who is singing in which context, especially in complex intertwined songs like Prima Donna and Masquerade. In the theater, it is hard to catch who is singing where, when all the performers are on stage. I watched the movie on THX; and yet in the musical theater where the orchestra plays live, the real music is more 'surround' than the THX surround system.
Happy New Year y'all.
Yong
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Friday, December 17, 2004
Hi everyone. Just to update on what's been happening in Alor Star. We now have a new housemate since Guan Fook left for Sg Petani to do ophthalmology. Our new housemate also joined as Paeds MO. So all three of us in the house doing Paeds. Everyday come back at 7 pm but the good news is 5 calls a month and weekends off. Mong Tieng has also just started tagging as MO. My married colleagues encouraging me to play the social scene so that I can 'find somebody'. Anyway, just want to wish all those taking exam in January best of luck.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Great trip. No worries Lee Kien, you'll be back there before you know it.
Congratulations Aida. Come a long way since the time we sat in that smelly corner in Makmal Pelbagai Ilmu.
Sorry won't be able to attend your wedding. My parents got married on Christmas Day too. My family has this bundle of fun anniversary cum Christmas celebration each year. Presents and pies abound.
All I want to do this season is cut my wrist, and watch all the red stuff run down the sink.
Fairies and cupcakes to everyone.
Congratulations Aida. Come a long way since the time we sat in that smelly corner in Makmal Pelbagai Ilmu.
Sorry won't be able to attend your wedding. My parents got married on Christmas Day too. My family has this bundle of fun anniversary cum Christmas celebration each year. Presents and pies abound.
All I want to do this season is cut my wrist, and watch all the red stuff run down the sink.
Fairies and cupcakes to everyone.
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
We are back in Malaysia.
Hi everyone,
We just touched down at KLIA at 1pm today. We had a great time in California and Vegas.
We went to LA downtown, Chinatown LA and Hollywood on our first day. We went to the place with celebrity's hand print, and the 'Hollywood on the hill' sign. The Aviator was having it's premiere at a hall while we were there. We also watched Les Miserables at a theater in Hollywood. We got fantastic last minute front seats. It was my second watching this play. (Oh by the way, I can't wait to watch the movie version of Phantom.)
On day 2, we went to Santa Monica beach. There weren't any surfers because of winter, but there were skating, volleyball etc going on. Because Christmas is round the corner, there was a lot of sales going on. Levi's jeans are cheap in the States. A 501 costs about RM120. Other Levi's jeans costs RM80-150. Shoes like Nike, Converse, Skecher are cheaper too.
We spent day 3 studying and psyching up for the exam. We had our exam on day 4. The exam turned out to be less 'academic' than we thought. It actually focused more on communication skills, and all the PPD and DPHS stuff from med school. It will be about 2 months before the results will be out.
Day 5 was a fun-filled day at Universal Studios, where we had a go on all those rides e.g. Terminator 2, Back to the Future; and had a peek on movie production stuff.
We had a 3-day/2-night in Vegas. There were many hotel/casino with themes such as Paris, Aladdin, Excalibur, Luxor, Caesar's Palace, New York. Our Sunway pyramid may have been a ciplak of Luxor, a pyramid-styled hotel/casino.
Then we had two 'magical' days at Disneyland. That place really must be heaven for kids. It really kind of like lights up the child in you. That is amazing because after all the crap we get from work as HO/MO, I am surprised that I still have that little warm fuzzy innocent corner in my heart. We had a go on the rollercoaster stuffs, which were fun. We also watched stage musical version of Snow White and Aladdin there.
The expenses in the States is actually not expensive for their local people who earn US dollars. Well, for us, everything is 3.83 times more expensive. Their cars are really cheap. A brand new Honda Civic costs less than RM80,000. For the local people, that is less than US$30K. And the high school teachers in States earn about US$3000 a month.
The weather wasn't too bad when we were there, about 9-18 degrees Celcius. Most of the days were sunny with clear skies. But it gets dark at 5pm during winter. No snow in LA.
Now the fun is over, and it is time to go back to daily work.
Hi everyone,
We just touched down at KLIA at 1pm today. We had a great time in California and Vegas.
We went to LA downtown, Chinatown LA and Hollywood on our first day. We went to the place with celebrity's hand print, and the 'Hollywood on the hill' sign. The Aviator was having it's premiere at a hall while we were there. We also watched Les Miserables at a theater in Hollywood. We got fantastic last minute front seats. It was my second watching this play. (Oh by the way, I can't wait to watch the movie version of Phantom.)
On day 2, we went to Santa Monica beach. There weren't any surfers because of winter, but there were skating, volleyball etc going on. Because Christmas is round the corner, there was a lot of sales going on. Levi's jeans are cheap in the States. A 501 costs about RM120. Other Levi's jeans costs RM80-150. Shoes like Nike, Converse, Skecher are cheaper too.
We spent day 3 studying and psyching up for the exam. We had our exam on day 4. The exam turned out to be less 'academic' than we thought. It actually focused more on communication skills, and all the PPD and DPHS stuff from med school. It will be about 2 months before the results will be out.
Day 5 was a fun-filled day at Universal Studios, where we had a go on all those rides e.g. Terminator 2, Back to the Future; and had a peek on movie production stuff.
We had a 3-day/2-night in Vegas. There were many hotel/casino with themes such as Paris, Aladdin, Excalibur, Luxor, Caesar's Palace, New York. Our Sunway pyramid may have been a ciplak of Luxor, a pyramid-styled hotel/casino.
Then we had two 'magical' days at Disneyland. That place really must be heaven for kids. It really kind of like lights up the child in you. That is amazing because after all the crap we get from work as HO/MO, I am surprised that I still have that little warm fuzzy innocent corner in my heart. We had a go on the rollercoaster stuffs, which were fun. We also watched stage musical version of Snow White and Aladdin there.
The expenses in the States is actually not expensive for their local people who earn US dollars. Well, for us, everything is 3.83 times more expensive. Their cars are really cheap. A brand new Honda Civic costs less than RM80,000. For the local people, that is less than US$30K. And the high school teachers in States earn about US$3000 a month.
The weather wasn't too bad when we were there, about 9-18 degrees Celcius. Most of the days were sunny with clear skies. But it gets dark at 5pm during winter. No snow in LA.
Now the fun is over, and it is time to go back to daily work.
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Sunday, November 21, 2004
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Hi everyone,
I am attaching the map to the restaurant here. Please refer to my earlier blog for written directions. Please note that the museum is actually after the first traffic light from the toll, not the second one as I wrote earlier. The restaurant is at the big arrow at the top left corner of the map, I forgot to label it before I upload the picture.
If you cant view the above map, please copy this address to your browser: http://www.pbase.com/image/36554580/medium
I have also attached one of our wedding photos here:
If you cant view the above photo, please go to http://www.pbase.com/image/36554624/medium
Thank you to all you guys for taking time off to come to our wedding. See you at Restoran Min Kok, Sunday November 21st, 1pm.
My number is 012-2525786 or 06-7624892.
I am attaching the map to the restaurant here. Please refer to my earlier blog for written directions. Please note that the museum is actually after the first traffic light from the toll, not the second one as I wrote earlier. The restaurant is at the big arrow at the top left corner of the map, I forgot to label it before I upload the picture.
If you cant view the above map, please copy this address to your browser: http://www.pbase.com/image/36554580/medium
I have also attached one of our wedding photos here:
If you cant view the above photo, please go to http://www.pbase.com/image/36554624/medium
Thank you to all you guys for taking time off to come to our wedding. See you at Restoran Min Kok, Sunday November 21st, 1pm.
My number is 012-2525786 or 06-7624892.
Lee Kien and Seow Voon- Congratulations!I'm sorry I can't make it to the banquet.I am reporting to a new posting on 22/11 and have to be back in ipoh on 21/11.There are some arrangements to be made.All the very best to both of you.
Adeline- sorry to hear you have to cover for the long holidays.you are always gonna have to cover some other's ass which is actually not worth covering. fact of life. was actually in manjung two days ago...sorry didn't have time to meet up. catch u some other time.send my regards to seng kiat.
Adeline- sorry to hear you have to cover for the long holidays.you are always gonna have to cover some other's ass which is actually not worth covering. fact of life. was actually in manjung two days ago...sorry didn't have time to meet up. catch u some other time.send my regards to seng kiat.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
hi ppl,
it's me, adeline, pretending to be carren.
lee kian n seow voon, congrats but sorry cant make it. have to do weekend call to cover for some !@#$#$ person(most junior mo in paeds!) taking total 9 days off for raya (3 leave n 6 public holiday joined up, the NERVE!!!)
so how's everyone, bet all of you were on call during raya right? me too. so relieved it's over. anyone watched incredibles yet? i just bought the vcd today, watching tonight.
i'm still in paeds. yeah already 5 months + 2 days today, they held me over to become slave for raya. going to ortho next but here its a combined posting with surgical so u see both types of cases on call. no joke. think being too long in paeds have given me a phobia of seeing n examining n managing adult patients. they seem so big n relatively dirty n smelly cpd to babies.
ok, ppl bugging me to get off the comp.
so see u guys later!
it's me, adeline, pretending to be carren.
lee kian n seow voon, congrats but sorry cant make it. have to do weekend call to cover for some !@#$#$ person(most junior mo in paeds!) taking total 9 days off for raya (3 leave n 6 public holiday joined up, the NERVE!!!)
so how's everyone, bet all of you were on call during raya right? me too. so relieved it's over. anyone watched incredibles yet? i just bought the vcd today, watching tonight.
i'm still in paeds. yeah already 5 months + 2 days today, they held me over to become slave for raya. going to ortho next but here its a combined posting with surgical so u see both types of cases on call. no joke. think being too long in paeds have given me a phobia of seeing n examining n managing adult patients. they seem so big n relatively dirty n smelly cpd to babies.
ok, ppl bugging me to get off the comp.
so see u guys later!
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Lee Kien,
Attaching pictures is a sticky issue...
First have to find a server where u can load your pic into then see if that server allows you to link and show the photo on the blog...
Probably easier if u upload the photo into some Yahoo! photos or similar services, and then link the URL address on the page so people can click and go to the page... er... understand? ask again if any doubt
Should be able to make it to your Seremban wedding, in the midst of twisting a few arms to get the short break over the weekend i need.
hmmm... i do need a ride from KL to Seremban... any offers?
Ciao, will keep in touch
Congrats Chun Wearn for passing Part 1
Attaching pictures is a sticky issue...
First have to find a server where u can load your pic into then see if that server allows you to link and show the photo on the blog...
Probably easier if u upload the photo into some Yahoo! photos or similar services, and then link the URL address on the page so people can click and go to the page... er... understand? ask again if any doubt
Should be able to make it to your Seremban wedding, in the midst of twisting a few arms to get the short break over the weekend i need.
hmmm... i do need a ride from KL to Seremban... any offers?
Ciao, will keep in touch
Congrats Chun Wearn for passing Part 1
Monday, November 08, 2004
Hi everyone,
Please come to our wedding banquet on the November 21st, 2004 at 1pm. It will be at Restoran Min Kok, No 7645, Lot 5990, Jalan Labu Lama, Seremban. Please contact me at 012-2525786 to confirm. To you guys who have given me the RSVP via sms, thanks for making yourself available and we look forward to see you.
I will be scanning the map of the restaurant on to this blog.
Meanwhile, here are the directions to the restaurant.
From Seremban toll (first Seremban exit from KL/third Seremban exit from JB):
1. Pay the toll and turn left immediately
2. Pass two traffic lights. You should see the museum (some minangkabau building) on the right as you go up hill.
3. You will pass a Shell as you approach the third traffic light. Turn left at this third traffic light.
4. Soon, take the second turning to the right. (This second turning may look more like a fork than a turning proper). You should see the signboard at this turning.
5. The restaurant is on your left once you enter that second turning.
From Seremban Hospital:
1. Go as if you are going towards the highway, pass Terminal One and go up hill.
2. Turn right at the traffic light (the third traffic light from toll as described above). The Teratak Sirih thing is on your right.
3. Follow instructions 4 and 5 above.
My house number is 06-7624892.
This is going to be a hectic month for both of us. I am beginning to start solo Anesth calls during this festive season. There are only two non-Malay MOs in the dept. Our parents are organizing (and worrying about) our wedding more than us. We are flying to LA for our clinical exam on Dec 1st. Will be staying there for 12 days, looking forward to tour California and Vegas.
See you guys.
Please come to our wedding banquet on the November 21st, 2004 at 1pm. It will be at Restoran Min Kok, No 7645, Lot 5990, Jalan Labu Lama, Seremban. Please contact me at 012-2525786 to confirm. To you guys who have given me the RSVP via sms, thanks for making yourself available and we look forward to see you.
I will be scanning the map of the restaurant on to this blog.
Meanwhile, here are the directions to the restaurant.
From Seremban toll (first Seremban exit from KL/third Seremban exit from JB):
1. Pay the toll and turn left immediately
2. Pass two traffic lights. You should see the museum (some minangkabau building) on the right as you go up hill.
3. You will pass a Shell as you approach the third traffic light. Turn left at this third traffic light.
4. Soon, take the second turning to the right. (This second turning may look more like a fork than a turning proper). You should see the signboard at this turning.
5. The restaurant is on your left once you enter that second turning.
From Seremban Hospital:
1. Go as if you are going towards the highway, pass Terminal One and go up hill.
2. Turn right at the traffic light (the third traffic light from toll as described above). The Teratak Sirih thing is on your right.
3. Follow instructions 4 and 5 above.
My house number is 06-7624892.
This is going to be a hectic month for both of us. I am beginning to start solo Anesth calls during this festive season. There are only two non-Malay MOs in the dept. Our parents are organizing (and worrying about) our wedding more than us. We are flying to LA for our clinical exam on Dec 1st. Will be staying there for 12 days, looking forward to tour California and Vegas.
See you guys.
Sunday, November 07, 2004
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