The WANNABE NOOB

IM GOING TO KUALA TERENGGANU

2008-05-14T03:52:00.003+08:00

it's been a while since i updated my blog. Havent touch it since last year....

Jus got back from induction course which held in Port Dickson. Really enjoyed my course except for some boring 'ceramahs'......

anyway... i got posted to Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah in Kuala Terengganu. For all places, why in kuala terengganu. I wanted Kuantan so badly and my dream was dashed by the letter i received on the last day of my course. It wasnt in my choice but anyway, i take all te courage to bring myself there. A new place, a new beginning. Will be reporting myself on Sunday. I know.... It's a bit too late.... but need to sort out some stuffs before i leave.....

O gosh .... i had waited for 5 bulan plus..... and i think i have give back all my knowledge to my college.... so kinda worried here... sure going to get blasted by the specialists.....

may god bless me!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

2007-12-25T17:04:00.000+08:00

Just want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!!!!!!

GREAT OCEAN ROAD TOUR 3

2007-12-21T11:38:00.000+08:00

my last post for GOR ....

After windowing around Lord arc George.... we headed to Port Campbell for ......

TOILET!!!!!!!....

it's a small town ... the beach is small but it's beauiful.. u can see families picnicing along the beach.... kids playing with water and some kayaking too...

my bro as usual, dont wan to get down.. so, i cam-whored along the beach....

i got someone to take my pic.. and yes.... im putting on weight!!!

after 10 min of wondering around the beach... i hopped on the bus again .... and we headed to our last destination.... London Bridge....

well... it's not the type of bridge u see in London..... no clock, no big wire and no windows.... it's just a normal gigantic stone which was nicely designed and shaped by their constant enemy, The Wave......

it's not far from Port Campbell.... not even 5 minutes.... we reach our destination.....

yup.. this is the London Bridge......

actually..... this the actual London Bridge and it's was supposed to have an arch connecting it ....

Sadly, the arch collapsed in year 1990.... well, 2 people were hurt but they survived anyway....

me n my bro with the full complete london Bridge..... ok.. pls ignores my bow-legs..arghh!!!

well, the day tour was really tiring....

at the starting of the trip.... me n bro was excited.... but towards the end.... my bro told me ....

bro:.. jie, why our whole journey is looking at rocks and only rocks and not others except rocks???

me:... aiya boy.... people come from every parts of world to see these rocks and the view along the GOR.....

bro:..jie.. what so special about the beach and the rocks .... malaysia also got wat!!!!... we've got Port Dickson!!!!

me:.... (irritated)....

im kinda irritated by my bro ... but what to do .. need to dragged him along to take photos of me and accompany me ...... how selfish!!!!!

anywway....on the way back to Melbourne.... as usual... we slept like a pregnant koala.... probably, we snored too!!!!ish ish ....

before reaching the city... managed to take photos of myself again......

with sunnies....

my dull looking face without sunnies.....

melbourne city fr the bus at 745pm!!!!!

getting lazier to upload pic cos i wan to watch simpsons!!!!..

adious!!!!

GREAT OCEAN ROAD TOUR 2

2007-12-19T10:18:00.000+08:00

continuation from my previous post......

after landing back on the ground again..... me and bro ran as fast as possible to see a better view of the gigantic stones.....

mind you... it's really far from the landing and also.... we have only 25 minutes to see it and plus taking photos...

can u see the fragments in front of the stones??... that's the recent downfall in 2005...

another gigantic stone...

another two stones... wic still standing strong....

another view of the 'survivors'

gosh... time passes so quickly and without realizing, we have only less than 5 minutes to rush back to the bus.......

me and bro ran with full of our might, climbing up and down..(the trail is very very very long!!!)... passing through the bushes and toilet .... seeing our bus starting moving slowly, with all the other passengers sitting watching us running like a crazy hyena....sigh.... we stepped onto the bus catching our breath profusely........

Not even 5 minutes, and havent warmth or seats.... we reached our next destination.... LORD ARC GEORGE.... ok.... there is an interesting history about it... BUT...... i couldnt understand at all... CAUSE..... everything is conducted in MANDARIN....

So,..... i could only understand that Lord George(i think he is the captain of the ship and one of the 2 survivors) sailing from London passing the route of where the 12 apostles are standing.... and came to the wrong place and at the wrong time......was having trouble controlling his ship due to the storm....

ok..... conclusion... his ship wrecked(the coast was called The Shipwreck Coast)... all his men dead except himself and Thomas.... and both of them were pushed by the waves landing them to a beach/shore.... naming it Lord Arc George....

lord arc george fr the top

it's beach.....

all the top pic are the views from every angle of the beach....

some pic of other parts of Lord Arc George

the razorback....

still can see the 12 apostles from here...

i like their bush along the trail....

time was almost up.. and as usual, we both siblings are the last ones to hop into the bus.... anywhere we go.... the Lee family will be the last in every tour.. everyone had to wait for us... probably it's due to genetics.... hehehehe

ok... i want to watch my Simpsons... my lastest craze!!!!!!

okie dokie.. will post my last GOR in my upcoming blog!!!!

I LOVE......

2007-12-18T18:07:00.000+08:00

ALICIA KEYS!!!!!!

recently, i luv her songs... actually only one particular song.... NO ONE.....i like the way she sings it... full of expressions, emotions and.... i cant think any word to describe it...

anyway, i just put her music video into my blog... hope u all like it:))

GREAT OCEAN ROAD TOUR 1

2007-12-17T11:21:00.000+08:00

last saturday, we went for the great ocean road(GOR) tour..... it's a day tour .... we collapsed as soon as we reach home at 10pm....

It's the most hoo-ha tour or it is a MUST GO tour if you in melbourne..... just enjoying the scenic view along the great ocean road!!

aiya..... but have to wake up at 4am to get ready for the tour as we need to catch a train to the city for the pick-ups....

i paid AUS$45... yeah... half price of it's original price......but everything is conducted in MANDARIN!!!!!!.... okay, im just a beginner in my mandarin ,probably, starting to enter into amateur stage..... HOWEVER, after the tour, i found out that my mandarin totally suckss!!!!!!!! maybe worse than a beginner!!!!!!!

well, as usual, i couldnt wake up at 4am... snoozed till 445am and get a bit panic as we need to leave from the house by 530am....

Mrs. Loh packed our food for lunch and breakfast and also tea time!!!!!... we brought pastries, kransky, cakes, breads, juices, water and rice for lunch....

as we soon leave from the house, the weather looks gloomy and i had this feeling that it's gonna rain.....

we caught the train at 608am and guess what .... i start to camwhore in the train!!!!

we reached at FLinders st at 642am and we quickly walked to the tour agent .....

we are one of the early birds there.... and later..... more and more ppl swarming in front the shop and 99.99% are chinese.....

time is very precious in ozzie land.... they said must leave at 8 am sharped..... they really meaned it!!!!! or else... we will be left by the bus!!!!!!.... not like in Msia... 8am means 830 am or porbably longer!!!!

as soon we get on into the bus... me and my bro have this sleeping war!!!!!... we slept till we reached our 1st stop... Bell's beach!!!!..... bah.... it's starts drizzling outside!!!!...and it's really cold....

it was really cold... the wind was so strong and u felt like been blown away!!!... bah..... am i exaggerating?????.... not so serious la... but it was really cold as it was raining !!!!

it was just only the beach .... the tour guide was explaning why it's called Bell's beach.... but you know... it's a chines-guided tour .... so, i couldnt understand at all but just enjoying the c\view of the beach.....

after that, we departed for our next stop ..... Appollo Bay, for our lunch .... but before that, we stopped at an arch indicating we will be riding along the GOR!!!!

well, most of the time, we were on the road....we only have a short time outside to take a few photographs....

it tooks us around 1 hour to reach our next destination.... Apollo Bay.... a small town which only populated by only less than 1000 people.... but along the way to Apollo Bay, the view was magnificent..... and yeah.... Chi Mei, a friend of mine who always travels to Oz, told me to sit on the left side of the bus to enjoy the view !!!..thanks gal!!!!!

We stopped in Apollo Bay for lunch for an hour.... we look like a hungry hyena and ate as fast as possible to explore the small little town..... well,.... during our exploration. we were swarmed by the thousand handful of houseflies!!!!!!!!

the township of Apollo Bay

attacked by the houseflies!!!!

beach view fr apollo bay!!!

i noe.. im getting fatter oledi!!!!

jus camwhoring in the town near their saturday market...

my bro looks nice in this pic.... he looks so kiddie...

ok... i look like a big fat moron!!!!!

after one hour, we departed the city and headed to the magnificent 12 apostles!!!!!!!.... along the way, i slept like a pregnant koala..... competiting with my bro in the sleeping competition!!!

b4 we reached the 12 apostles, i was awaken by my tour guide.... and struggling to open my stubborn eyes..... i look outside my window.... and i saw a big gigantic stone in front me!!!

hurray!!!!!!.... alas.... we reached the 12 apostles!!!!!

i zoomed down the bus and headed to the helipcopter... yeah... me and bro took all our fortune (which costs us AUS 60 for 15 min ride)...... eh... it's our first time sitting on the helipcopter... not the big one.... but the mini one.....

i was a lucky dude to sit next to the pilot......

me.....

me again!!!!!

the view fr the top....

lord arc george fr the top...

London Bridge from the top

the shipwreck coast

Sadly to say, currently, they only left 8 apostles now.... the recent one was crashed down in 2005 .... all of them are constantly attacked by the waves and wind .. thinning them out... well, currently, it is still free to go and watch this magnificent and gigantic stone .... i guess, next time, they will start charging for entrance fee to see the few 'survivors'!!!!

So, better booked your tickets now to Melbourne to watch the last hanging survivors or else....or else you need to pay a large sum of money for the entrance fee!!!

after the ride.....

but hey... where is my brother??>???...

aha..... we got separated as they need 3 ppl on board.... most of the girlfriends dont want to get separated ... so , we both siblings sacrificed of being together ... and went our separate ways....

but hey.... we just a lucky dude..... my bro also get to sit beside the pilot!!!!

tired now.... will continue on my next blog!!!

MNG IS ON SALES!!!!!

2007-12-17T11:13:00.000+08:00

Bah...... i knew it last week from a forum!!!... phoned my friend who is a regular customer of MNG told me that the sales were really good!!!... she booked all the nicest clothing before the sales and she spend around RM 1500!!!....

she told me there was this nice top and could buy it for cause it only costs RM35... and you know what????..... the second day of the sales..... NO MORE SIZES!!!!!!! arghh!!!!!!!... hate it!!!! by the time im back in msia.... everything will be gone!!!!

MNG in australia is FREAKING EXPENSIVE!!!!....bah!!!!!..... the next mng sales will be in June next year..... aiya... so long..... that time start working oledi ... how to go kl and sapu all the clothing!!!!....wahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

well, no luck for this year mng sales ......so better sapu nice and cheap clothing in ozzie!!!!!!(if can get la)

puffing billy

2007-12-13T09:13:00.000+08:00

on the 11th of dec(tuesday)... went for a ride with puffing billy.... it's an ozzie's favourite steam train running on tracks from Belgrave to Gembrook passing a scenic view of Mount Dandenongs or it is also known as the Blue Mountain of Melbourne......

well, we didnt ride till Gembrook cause it will cause us a fortune.... we rode to Lakeside which it is between Belgrave and Gembrook.... and it costs us AUS$ 32.50 EACH!!!!!! wow.... if we convert back to our msian RM.... it costs us nearly RM100 for a 2 hours ride ......

anyway, it's worthwhile trip.. sitting on the train appreciating the scenic view of the countryside... the breeze was cool and fresh.... and waving to people we passed by ...... (if we did that in malaysia, people think we are insane or 'sakai'!!!!!)

we took the first train at 1030am.... took an hour to reach Lakeside... mind you.... the 1 hour trip doesnt feel like an hour trip at all!!!.... time passes so quickly while enjoying the view and the breeze and not to forget, waving to people and school children!!!!!

view of the train and the school kids

the ozzie school kids.. love their colors of their uniform.. yellow and green!!!

there is a fly on my eyes....

look at what it had did to me!!!!

cam-whore again!!!

the clearer view of the steam train!!!

as we get into the train... my bro starts to play his pokemon game..... how sickening!!!!!.. felt like throwing his game away!!!!

as we reached Menzies creek..... everyone get off the train and starts to swarm the the front view of the steam train......

as the train starts to move again, me and my bro starts to sit on the window..... and we strat to cam-whore again!!!!!

the train's engine!!!!!

after an hour ride, we reach the Lakeside... and the next train return to Belgrave is an hour later ..... so we, have an hour to walk at Lakeside....... it is just a lake(emerald lake) and a picnic site....and u can do bushwalking too!!!!!however, time doesnt permit!!!

the duck

'wat r u doing?'

'as usual... posing:P'

after eating our luch which we brought from home, we head back to train station to catch our train back to Belgrave..... while waiting for the train to move, we took a few pic sitting on the aisle....

we start to cam-whore again as th train to starts to move,....

acting cute!!!!

just us!!!!!

upon arrival on Belgrave..... we took a few pic with the train again....

well, that's the end of the journey at puffing billy, enjoying the incredible view and the cool breeze!!!!

cant wait for my tomorrow's GREAT OCEAN ROAD TOUR!!!.... but then.. i have to wake up at 4 am !!!!

countryside....

2007-12-10T22:21:00.000+08:00

during my 3rd day in melbourne... i went to Yea where Mr.s Loh's cattle farm situated... it takes around 1 hours ++ to reach there.... the view was magnificent when on the way to the farm passing by numbers of wineries and apple and cherry orchards!!!!

once we reached the farm... air was cooling .. just nice and too hot.... but there were flies everywhere like as if they having wars towards the human beings!!!!!.... it's not just due to the cowdungs.. but it was summer .. and there are alot of flies even in the city !!!!!

their farm is huge!!!!.... i think is 63 acres!!!!!

we ate our lunch before we started walking around the farm ..... normal, simple, home-cooked food!!!!!:)

honey-lemon marinated chicken with juicy red capsicum!!!!

tropical mixed fruit juice that i drank!!!

my bro looks like the most wanted escapeee.. looks more like robber but in fishmonger's boots!!!

Mr.Loh..

they just wearing it to prevent flies attacking them!!!!!

me with the netting... really looks like the farm girl but with style!!!!muahahahaha

the real farm boy plus robber!!!!!..my bro said he looks more like a murderer with a spade

mr. Loh

the cattles...still a baby but already weighing 500kg!!!!

me..

me again....

rye... to make bread....

at the dried creek

later, terserempak with skeletons of an ancient cow!!!!

my bro.. the more i look.. the more he looks like a terrorist!!!!

the dam/..... my bro not in the mood and complaining he didnt have his full good looking pic

walking a bit further.... we terserempak with a fox' house in a big gigantic ghost gum tree!!!

my bro wore the net ..could see his face better!!!

actually.... the beetle is shedding it's skin.. but it looks more like mating to me!!

the view of the valley!!!

discovered with another skull but i think it's a sheep skull!!!

heading towards the biggest dam in the farm....

trying to do the farm-thingy... but failed badly as it looks more like posing!!!!

my bro excel in the farming!!

after a day in the farm.. we head back to the country house...

bro starts to play his game boy!!!!

and i start to cam whore again!!!!

gosh... found out i do have a sweet smile!!!!*perasan*@*self-praising*

hurray!!!!

2007-12-10T19:26:00.000+08:00

do nothing today as i need to catch some of my beauty sleep.... im sleeping like a pregnant koala!!!!!!.... hehehehehe

Today morning, Mr Loh brought me to a tour agent to book my Great Ocean Road tour(GOR).... was expecting to pay AUS$ 95 for a day tour.... but, i only paid Aus$ 45!!!!!!... why??? cause it's a chinese guided tour ....

SHIT!!!... i'm a pure banana struggling to speak perfect mandarin and cantonese but had failed in fading colors!!!! bah.... though i have free tuition from my ever 100% perfect-orientated-mandarin-agonist boyfriend @ xiaojie.....with primary 1 and 2 chinese books to learn........ and me with no determination to learn further..... xiaojie gave up in teaching me!!!:P... im a perfecto lazy bum with full of hatred in learning languages!!!!:P

but anyway, GOR is only scenary area... no history.. so heck it ... i rather save that Aus$ 50 in shopping !!!!!...muahahahahaha

im going this saturday for my GOR.... and tomorrow... will be in puffing billy (the steam train)...okie dokie.... need to do some research... will update later!!!

xiaojie..pls see this!!!!

2007-12-08T22:18:00.000+08:00

xiaojie.... pls see this.... the basketball here is huge.... so more got 2 courts .... too big until cant fit into my camera....

the court is bigger than in our college.... our college wan like kuchi kurap onli...

so more le.. the courts is in primary sch le!!!..so high tech...

funny language

2007-12-07T22:27:00.000+08:00

sleep late and wake up early is my daily routine in melbourne... hahahaha.. actually is wantirna whic is one of the suburbans area in melbourne....

today, woke up at 730am... accompany Mrs. Loh to her primary school... she teaches bahasa indonesia for 10 years in the school... weather in the morning was freezing.. something like morning in genting highlands but the wind here is stronger....

really salute the ozzie kids as they were wearing a yellow short sleeves and a green short pants running around the playground and basketball court..... and some of them had worn their summer clothes.... wheares, me and bro were freezing to death... so more... we didnt wear our jacket lagi!!!!!

went to Mrs Loh's room... one thing that caught our attention was the paper pasted in front the door.....

yeah.. the welcome note.....

room is called kamar in indonesian but in msia we called it bilik...

and they dont call ibu in msia.. we called 'Puan' Lim....

the most funniest thing they call miss is 'nona' and in msia we called 'cik'

it is too many of them... let the show it all!!!

penghapus if direct translate in english will be 'destroyer'!!!

sometimes, in indon, i think they kinda lazy to pronounce each vowels... so they cut it short...in msia .. we have to called them ke-ru-si!!!

but sometimes, we msian a bit lazy too.... we called it 'tong sampah'

i like the way the called the animals too...

sounds like a bomb to me....

just me cam-whoring.....

my bro....

we called duck as 'itik'.. but the way they called like calling 'ah pek'

kakek is grandpa..it really sounds like 'cut cake'..

but in msian we called as 'datuk' ... or 'atuk' cos datuk sometimes can be mistakenly as one big shot in msia like 'sir' in UK..

big bro is kakak laki-laki... but in msia.. we cut it short to 'abang'..so easy...

uncle is paman.... sounds like saman onli .... and aunt is bibi....

me and mrs Loh

lastly.....

they insists kids to love the indonesia language on their exercise book.... and kids there love the language as compared to msian kids..... most of them, they play all the time whereas msian kids have to learn stupid poems, sajak, syair, classics, literature, and comprehension during primary school itself.....bah... hate those days.. and my malay language really sucks!!!!

2nd day in melbourne

2007-12-06T21:31:00.000+08:00

it's my 2nd day in melbourne... weather today was 32 degree... something like malaysia weather. My hosts were complaining hot.. but both of my brother and me dont think so... well, didnt go anywhere except for we went to Knox city( a shopping centre in suburban area) to accompany Aunty Loh( my host) to take an application form for some special treatment for senior citizen.... and at the same time... she treat us gelatinez's ice cream and yummy choc cakes!!!!

ice cream in melbourne is sooooooooooo delicious and yummy... felt malaysia's ice cream sucks to the max.... and the cakes are so yummy too... thick choc layers on top of the cakes makes my saliva dripping out from my mouth!!!!....

ermmmm..... what i did the whole day actually..... first, i woke up at 1pm*shy*... so more at people house.. eat simple,deiciousand homecook lunch which is taufu-carrot-peas-corn-beef soup with rice.... and later went to surf net for the whole noon searching for cheaper tours to great ocean road.....

around 5 pm, we have barbeque!!!!!.. for so long... we havent bbq.. the last time i bbq was few months back in pelangi apartment using charcoal to bbq... but here, they used gas and a special bbq set... me and my bro were like jakun!!!!!

the marinated chicken wing thats going to bbq!!

the chicken sausage... really yummy after cooking!!!

Mr Loh getting the chicken for bbq!!!

my bro who is looking for the chicken to get bbq!!

me bbqing...hehehe...but more like posing

bro bbqing

me bbqing...but more like posing it again!!!!!muahahaha

dont what the hell im doing....

bbqing the chicken

the end product of the chicken sausage

the end product of the chicken... though a bit charcoal... but it's really yummy!!!!

my gluttony bro eating the whole sausages and 6 pieces of chicken

him again

the drink that Mr Loh made.... his own made recipe.... cincau with longan

Mr Loh

and the gluttony me... see how i eat ... look at my lips and my fingers... full of my bbq sauce *shy*

both of me and bro eat like gluttons... we had none stop eating like a hungry hyena or a ghost or probably a beast!!!!.... guess we gonna put alot of damn weight at the end of the month!!!!!!arghhh!!!!!

but anyway, we went for a walk after that ... a long walk with Mrs Loh... no pic this time as i forgot to bring my camera... along the walk way, we took lemons which were given out free from a neighbor which she put on top of her post box... and along the path, there are full of plum trees.... alamak...plums in msia are sold darn freaking expensive but here, there are whole lot full of plum trees but it's eaten by the crows or birds here !!!!!!how fortunate the birds are!!!!

one thing i learn from melbourne is that at 7 pm ..... it's look like 4 pm in msia..... at 8pm aussie time..... it's look like 5pm in msia...... at 9 pm.... it's look like 7pm in msia but even more brighter..... well, it's summer!!!!!!!so the day will be longer!!!!!....still can go walking at 8pm lagi!!!!!

okie dokie... need to sleep early although it's already 130 am .... cant wait for tomorrow's adventures!!!

PDA's medic software

2007-12-05T22:32:00.000+08:00

was browsing thru palmdoc's blog about the usefullness and FREE softwares for medical lines...

http://palmdoc.net/?page_id=1183

really useful!!!! thanks palmdoc!!!!...

Software is like sex, it’s better when it’s free - Linus Torvalds

This page lists the most useful free PDA software which doctors and other healthcare professionals might find useful.

Drug guides:
Epocrates - free drug reference for Palm and PPC; free updates on syncing and bonus multi-drug interation checking.
John Hopkin’s Antibiotic Guide -a handheld-ready adaptation of the online ABX Guide. It is optimized for use at the point of care for Palm OS devices
Shots - immunization guide for PalmOS

Calculators:
Medcalc - the best very comprehensive medical calculator for PalmOS (and now PPC)
Archimedes - free calculator for PalmOS and WM
MedMath - another free medical calculator
PICU Tools - a collection of several databases and calculators for use in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
PALS 2006 - Pediatric Advanced Life Support algorithm (PPC only)
Nephro v4.0 : a medical calculator to get quick test results on nephrology based problems.
ICUmath - medical calculator for adult ICU that uses 85 medical equations
Cardiomath - a PalmOS calculator with over 50 commonly used formulas in cardiovascular medicine
OB Suite - includes a standard OB wheel and more!
Lipid Calc - calculates lipids and the metabolic syndrome

General References and Utilities:
Diagnosaurus: McGraw-Hill’s free PDA tool which has 1000+ differential diagnosis to help you make informed decisions. Palm and PPC.
MD on Tap: an application for PDAs that retrieves MEDLINE� citations directly from the PDA through a wireless connection to the Internet (download link)
My Procedures v1.1: a freebie which trainees and students who need to keep medical procedure logs might want to have in their PDAs.
CME Watch - keep track of your CME Hours on your Palm.
Neobassinette - NICU rounding tool and database.
Eponyms - a list of 1,600 common and obscure medical eponyms (e.g., Rovsing’s sign, Virchow’s node) with descriptions.
Statcoder Productivity Suite: lots of free utilities like Growth charts, Cholesterol guide, Hypertension guide. Grab the full suite download here
PalmEKG - an ECG/EKG field guide for the Palm PDA
HCSIT- Handheld Computer Smoking Intervention Tool
Meistermed’s Free Clinical References in iSilo format. Check out more references in the iSilo Medical Depot
Pulmonary Embolism Paths - a free program to help you in the management of PE
Medrules - useful clinical prediction rules taken from the medical literature

Speciality References:
Apgar score - point score evaluation in your Palm
BiliTool - uses the 2004 AAP Guidelines for management of Hyperbilirrubinemia in Newborns (download link)
BreastCa 1.0 - a breast cancer risk prediction tool
COPD Guidelines Tool 1.0 - contains the guidelines developed by The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) (download link)
EM Rules - A compendium of decision rules, calculators, scores for the EM physician
GAYF - Geriatrics at your fingertips, free PDA version of the online reference for Geriatrics. Palm and PPC.
Haemoncrules - my very own of course
dt-MMSE : Mental State Examination
MenStat - another MMSE guide
Pedi-dose - calculation of pediatric drug doses, burn fluid replacement, pediatric trauma Score, GCS, and age related vital signs
Pneumotox - a database about drugs that may damage the respiratory system
Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator: an interactive tool to assist clinicians in determining the most appropriate care for newly diagnosed cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) at the point of care. Palm and PPC

General PDA Applications and Utilities:
Date calculators: we might need to work out “how many days have elapsed since surgery/transplant” , appointment dates etc. See the posts on Date calculator, Date calculator II, Date calculator III for links to these useful apps.

finally...

2007-12-05T21:22:00.000+08:00

finally, i could blog ... the house im staying in melbourne has broadband.. and it's whole lot faster than in freaking , slow, tortoise streamyx....

have sacrificed my afternoon nap b4 my flight so could sleep nicely on the plane. But, unfortunately, ended up, went for movie marathons!!!!!....

alas, i watched HAIRSPRAY!!!!!!!love the songs and john travolta looks sexy in his female suit and his voice too.... oops!!!!...one of his memorable act in his career... and plus, i found out that recently, michelle pfeiffer acting as a villain... a perfectionist mother in hairspray and an old gag witch in stardust... however, i still love her!!! she is still sexy 49!!!!

later, i watch THE NEVERENDING STORY...... the most anticipated movie during my high school days.... always wanted to watch that movie in the tv but grandma always disallowed me to watch it and the following day, friends in school will talk about the movie making me more wanted to see the movie....... Well, effect was.... errrr...... ok la, not bad la...considered very advanced in the 80s... that time where got computer..... computer effects are so high-teched nowadays and it makes the movie so freaking pathetic ...... well, the story ends anyway...

slept for 3 hours and later woke up for morning breakfast and went straight to watch THE SIMPSONS MOVIE..... but unable to complete the movie cause half way, the pramugara(male air stewardess snatched all the headphones away....

very easy to pass the custom in melbourne .. and dogs are freaking cute!!!!! although they are well-trained dogs to detect any drugs in your luggage....

melbourne----> although, it's summer,..... it's cold .... wind is breezy and temperature today was 23 degree.... but my hosts were complaining warm !!!!!....aisei!!!!!

weather in melbourne is unpredictable!!!,.... the forecast for tomorrow weather will be 32 degree... alamak .... something like malaysia's weather....

well... dozing off now... really tired.... will upload a few pics in my upcoming blog...

signing off....zzzzzzzzz

Melbourne , here i come!!!

2007-12-04T15:48:00.000+08:00

yeah.. probably couldnt blog for a month cos i will be flying to MELBOURNE tonight!!!!! and will be staying there for nearly a month.. not sure what i will be doing there but anyway, this is my long-awaited journey!!!!!!.... okie dokie... need to pack my last minute things!!!!!.. cant wait to see christmas decorations over there!!!!!!

my xiaojie is .....

2007-12-03T03:15:00.000+08:00

xiaojie is going to...........

BEIJING!!!!!!!! on 21st december 2007..... hahahahahhaha.... beijing will be snowing and cold too... heard it could go down to negative!!!!!!!

im so envy envy envy envy envy!!!!! he could play and see snow and also he could wear winter clothing !!!!!!!!

and i pulak will be wearing the same clothing which i am wearing in malaysia ..... :P

miss world 2007 is....

2007-12-02T18:55:00.000+08:00

Miss China ... Miss Zi Lin Zhang ... tall and gorgeous.... and i really like the way she walk ..... very graceful and feminine and she has her own signature walk.....

from left : 1st runner up, miss angola, miss world 2007, miss china and 2nd runner up, miss mexico

congrats to our own miss malaysia, miss deborah priya henry who was one of the top 16 finalists... though, you didnt get into the top 5, you did malaysia proud and anyway, you are still a winner!!!!!

miss deborah priya henry....

i think now couples in china currently wants to produce baby girls now, hoping that their baby gals could be like the newly crowned miss world 2007...:P

my new hairdo!!!!

2007-12-02T17:44:00.000+08:00

waiting for so many months to have a new hairdo.... was trying to look innocent and pleasant during my finals ... and hehehehe... this time.... was trying look more ' in'.... and yes.. this time i high-lighted my hair.....

before

after

the front view...

the side view...... pls ignore my chicken pox.....

clearer view......closing my chicken pox with my fingers...:P

yes!!!!!.. i high-lighted to green in color!!!!... why green???.... not sure ...but was insisted by my hairstylist as red was very common ......

the back view....

kinda regretted whn i see my new hairdo.... look very la-la.... probably this will be my first and my last time to do this.... or else .... how am i going to see my patients???.... will dyed my hair black before i start my houseman!!!!!

they do have fairies!!!!!

2007-12-02T12:44:00.000+08:00

In the previous post...the christmas theme in midvalley is fairy wonderland.....actually, is FAIRY WHISPERS.... the deco wasnt as great as last year's christmas candies .... and was wondering where will be the fairies be....

ok, again yesterday... me and my sis went down to kl again .... and fortunately, we capture a few fairies flying on the walkway, giving out sweets to every customers..... droolssss... i love the their costumes.... they really do like a real fairy except they dont have a wand!!!!

the fairy giving out sweets

the green fairy

a glimpse of the blue fairy

this is my favourite fairy among all.... her costume was definitely striking and she is the one who is the one was jumping everywhere and was really active

that's my younger sis with a fairy...

me...

the deco is completed in MV ... it still looks more like autumn to me ...:P

dont u think that big leaf looks like the leave fall during autumn??

that's my 12 yr old sis again....

some mushrooms deco at south court i think....

frankly speaking, christmas decorations in midvalley were beautiful though this year's theme were a bit let down.... well, it is sooooo much better than those from times square.... i think the deco in times square are almost the same every year... nothing special... just a big christmas tree sitting in front of the main entrance .....

the deco in times square....

well, probably this is my last trip to kl for this year.... going to melbourne this coming tuesday... just cant wait to see the deco in melbourne ...hehehe

A day in KL

2007-12-01T02:23:00.000+08:00

ok... i have chicken pox... but still roaming around kl .... im totally bored!!!... i think im acting unscrupulously by going out to infect the others... well, xiaojie told me that 90% of the population had chicken pox during their childhood days and there are 10% out there are still free from it.... so, i was probably thinking that maybe the mothers have to thank me if their child got chicken pox during their young days and NOT during their adulthood!!!(hehehehehhee... how bad am i!!!)

anyway, need to meet up my friend(chi mei) and have to pass something to her .... our meeting point was in midvalley around 1030am. While waiting for her, the christmas decoration is starting to put up.... the theme for this year is some fairy wonderland( if not mistaken la .... looks more like autumn to me!!!)

ok..that's my new hairstyle..later will blog about my new hairdo....

hahahaha..that's my dull-looking xiaojie...

No fairy seen... probably too early to for the birth of the fairies... by the time they put up... im will be probably in australia .,... and by the time im back from ozzy land, they probably will put down the fairies and yeah..... i will missing this year christmas decoration in midvalley...

Met chi mei and she brought to some japanese restaurant in the Gardens.. i think the name of the restaurant is Sushi zian mei located the top most floor in The Gardens.... the ambience was nice and we were the first customers in the restaurant.... my friend is expert of japanese food and she knows which was the best food in the menu... she asked me to try unagi(grilled eel) with rice in which, it was my favourite and she and xiaojie ordered the same (prawn with rice). She had ordered some side dishes which i find difficult to remember the name..

my unagi and rice....

the side dishes were:

the salmon.... thank god i able to take this pic b4 xiaojie gobbled up the last piece

the dragon sushi (couldnt remember the name exactly.... but the dragon's head and tail were replaced by by prawn's head and tail!!!)

cant remember the name.... but taste very seaweedy ..... quite nice ...

forgot to take the pic of octopus, egg and also xiaojie and chi mei's dish.... they were sooooooo hungry and starting eating after the food was served in front them!!!!....they finish within minutes!!!!

the food was really nice... and i like the rice.. the texture was soft and it was different from the rice i ate in sushi king or O-sushi.... price was reasonable too....

the varieties of sushi sailing beside me ...

the deco....

me and xiaojie after the our meal...

Later, chi mei brought us to starhill... asked chi mei whether she can bring me to Louis Vuitton and some high-end brands.... i always wish to enter these boutiques but dont have the guts to do so...... my friends taught me to look as confident as possible!!!!... i really look like a jakun entering into the boutiques.... seeing various types of bags and handbags in the boutique....

conclusion, i like the designs from LV but i like the shape of bags in gucci .... and gucci is way more cheaper than LV.....

After exploring these boutiques.... chi mei brought us to Tiff's jazz lounge in starhill itself for a drink...

i drank exotic blast smooties.... (mixed fruits)

xiaojie drank tango mango milkshake

the cheese cake (ordered by xiaojie)..... so much nicer than secret recipe!!!!

the chocolate cake i ate ... thumbs up !!!

xiaojie is trying very hard to be 'yao yeng'

me... camwhoring ...

the candlelight on our table...

i like the way they stacked up the bottles!!

Chi mei needs to rush home and later we went our separate ways... me and xiaojie went to pavilion... the christmas theme was white christmas...

me....

xiaojie... he looks like just woke up from his sleep...

there were some gala dinner which attended by celebrities from hong kong, singapore, malaysia and indonesia.... it was for to raise funds for childhood cancer .... took some pic of some celebrities but will later will put up photos.... cause it takes some donkey years to upload the photos....

okie... will blog soon... and yeah... we did no shopping but im going shopping again tomorrow with my younger sis!!!..adious everyone!!

chicken pox...

2007-12-01T01:29:00.002+08:00

Alas.... i have chicken pox!!!!!... my whole family had suffered from this so-called dreadful and memorable disease during their childhood days except my younger brother had escaped from it with his powerful antibodies in his body from his immunization.

Not sure where i got it from but i think i was infected during my trip to johor bahru(JB)...arghhh..... sure someone from the bus had it and havent fully recovered from it and with his unscrupulous act spreading this infectious disease in the bus.

Well, my symptoms was atypical. I have no sore throat, no fever, no lethargy and was overly active the whole day. I had realized there was 2 vesicles over the my jaw line on sunday morning in my uncle house in singapore and i squeezed it out with my itchy hands, thinking was a pimple... and during the noon, while bathing, realized there were 3 red dots over my stomach thinking they were normal heaty rash...

At midnight, upon reaching my youngest uncle's house in JB, found out that one of the rashes in my stomach become vesicle and went straight and phoned my xiaojie about it and guess what he replied me...

xiaojie:..aiya ... u suspect got chicken pox.... you only had 24 hours to reduce the vesicles before it starts popping out your whole body and your face later... after that... if it happens... dont cry later!!!!!

me:... then wat happen to my face... i squeezed it out le...

xiaojie:... why you so stupid???.... cannot differentiate between pimples and chicken pox ar!!!.. now..... those will become scars!!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... why so itchy hand??!!!

me:... ggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr( felt like scratching his face!!!!)

xiaojie advised me to see the doctor at once to get the medication and the following day, will bring me to see my senior who is a medical officer in GH Melaka to get free medication....

fortunately, i took the medication earlier and there were less than 20 vesicles on my body. Thanks to the HIGH DOSE OF ACICLOVIR(medication for chicken pox)..

now u see it...

now u dont!!!...

(sorry for my pathetic look!!!!)

the vesicle on my back(dont you think it looks like a pimple??)

most of my friends told me their 'ah yi and ah ma' stories or theDO's & DONT'S in chicken pox:

1. dont eat black sauce or anything with black sauce( even wan-tan mee also cant eat!!! so sad!!!)

2. dont eat seafood eg: prawns, crab, fish, jellyfish, octopus and etc..( oh dear, just ate some sushi containing octopus on it today!!!!)

3. dont eat egg or anything to do with high protein

4. dont eat chicken..( but could eat pork!!!!!! hehehehehehe)

5. cant go to any windy area( no genting highlands or cameron highlands) or cant sit under the fan..

6. must drink more cooling water

7. must isolate myself in the house

8. eat more porridge or drink more clear soup..

9. must have a good REST

10. MUST BLOG ABOUT THIS!!!!!(hehehehe)

hoping could recover as fast as possible so i could able to fly to ozzy by next tuesday!!!!

tired!!!!

2007-11-28T03:31:00.000+08:00

very busy today.... i got chicken pox.... i just got my hair done.. new hairstyle .... and yeah ,..... have to pack things ..... will blog soon!!!!

island...

2007-11-27T03:54:00.000+08:00

some conversation with my xiaojie...

xiaojie: when u come back from australia, we go travelling la...

me:... ok .. good idea... u plan la...

xiaojie: dont want la...we plan together la...

me:.. where got time to plan.... plan and plan until start work oledi...

xiaojie:... ok la.. i plan la... but u can choose one island to go only..

me:... aiya... redang cant go le.. cos not open yet because of monsoon... so more le... langkawi also going to start raining and i have been there le...

xiaojie:... then.. we go penang island la ....then can ask bliss to bring us around... so i no need to plan ... lazy la....heheheh

me: ..@??!!@#%4#^&%......

KL... part 2(planet hollywood)

2007-11-27T02:03:00.000+08:00

during my 2nd day of trip in KL, dad went for conference.. mum chit chatting with her fellows kakis and as usual, my siblings were playing their pokemon game!!!!....

me and xiaojie went out with our buddies, woonting and wong zai... met them in front of planet hollywood in bukit bintang around 1 pm.... initially, they wanted to bring us to ampang and eat yong tau hu and later bring us to the magnificent 'EYES ON MALAYSIA'... however, the plan was failed due to xiaojie was grumbling that he is very hungry and complaining that his stomach is going to perforate... ish ish .....

well, sat down in planet hollywood and we ordered 1st as xiaojieis getting more and more hungrier!!!..... gobbled too much of chicken last night , so , we ordered something light.... xiaojie ordered california sandwich which is one from the set lunch menu and i ordered hollywood club which is one of their favourites...

my 'hollywood club'.... quite a big portion

xiaojie's california sandwich

serving was big and i felt my whole plate is full of thick and fat french fries.... i HATE thick and fat french fries cos most of it is uncooked, soft and not crispy at all!!!!... BUT... the french fries in planet hollywood taste different... though, it is not crispy, but the taste is sooooooooo yummy..... very different from those usual thick and fat french fries....

woonting and wong zai came later just before our dish came... she ordered chicken tequillae and wong zai ordered the same hollywood club...

me and woonting posing with her chicken tequillae...

woonting with her chicken tequillae...

her chicken tequillae looks yummy with the chicken is roasted with herbs on it.... HOWEVER, the taste was so-so only,.... i guess me and woonting were very used to salty food.... so, the whole time, could see woonting was adding salt on her chicken and though she put alot of salt on it... the chicken is not salty at all!!!!

there is something interesting about that table salt....

ok, ... it is just a normal table salt..... nothing special,..... but look closer......

better photo without flash...hehehehe... yeah.. there are rice in the salt.... not sure for what but wong zai said that it prevents the salt from turning into stone or what do i called it-->"wet"

it was a struggle to eat the whole plate by my own and as im not a big fan of french fries , gave the whole plate of my french fries to xiaojie.... hehehehe ... could see xiaojie the look of his face when eating my french fries ...hehehehehe... he looks like CONSTIPATING!!!!!!....hehehehehe... no pic of him cos he wont allow me to take his pic at all.... ish ish ish .....

after finishing our meal, woonting said the bathroom was an interesting place to visit... we went straight to the washroom and then.......

...... what else we can do... CAM_WHORING!!!!

woonting ..... and look..... she has a new handbag from coach!!!!

me..... looking very pathetic!!!

the design was interesting with jaw's head is everywhere reminding me of steven speilberg's JAWS!!!!... BUT... the toilet was kinda rundown.... it's a bit old but overall.... it is still clean but dont have that feeling of "NEW" feeling... get what i mean????

after camwhoring in the toilet.... went up and found out that the 2 guys had paid the bill!!!... aha... thanks to wong zai and xiaojie ...

after that... we went and explored the new pavillion mall.... something like KLCC .... not many people... but me and woonting have something in common.... an avid fan of esprit!!!... went straight to the 3 storeys esprit store!!!!.. love the collection there .... more varieties and staff there are friendly.... november was my birthday month..and guess what.... got extra 20% discount and me, xiaojie and woonting nearly RM 250..... i bought a short, xiaojie bought a long pants and woonting bought another black pants ( which most of her black pants are just the same style).....

well, time doesnt permit... cos wong zai and woonting need to go to travel agen, so they went off after a big shop in esprit....

me and xiaojie continue to shop in sungai wang... and guess what .... he spend RM 8 to get an egg which contains his pathetic 'BAJA HITAM' or my brother called it black fertilizer( straight translation to malay).......

xiaojie's RM 8 toy!!!!

the toy attracts xiaojie's attention and he kinda spend quite sometime to take pic with his new toy!!!

look how serious is xiaojie with his toy....took quite alot of pic and...look how small is that toy ....

joined my whole family later to eat dinner in petaling street... gosh... we were really full ... but dad insists us to eat ..... we ate noodles for dinner and we ate really fast as mummy , bro and sis needs to catch a bus back to seremban as bro having his add maths (spm) the following day....

after sending my mum, bro and sis... dad bring us around kl... the night view around kl was beautiful especially the lights in KL tower and Klcc.... but most of my pic were blurred and only able to take one almost-cleared photo ...

yeah... it is still blurred ... but was the best pic i taken so far!!! ... but it is better than this pic right???(below)

totally blurred!!!

after roaming around KL city... went back to the hotel and watch some movies shown in vision four(this channel only available in hotels only!!!)... watch cutthroat island which acted by geena davis and aeon flux(by charlize theron).....

me watching cutthroat island

xiaojie.. watching aeon flux.... and check out the date... it's 20th nov....and guess what .... it was my birthday and i had touch mid twenties!!!!...arghhhhhhh... im officially a year older.... im 25!!!!!!!!!!

xiaojie was the 1st person to wish me but it took sometime to wish me...arghhh... after all those hints i gave ... it took around 5 to 10 min to wish me happy birthday (i guess he did as a purpose
!!!)

was cam-whoring during the 1st hour of my birthday..

bad angle... i look chubby...

i got very bad eye bags!!!

acting cute!!!!!..hehehe

okie... will blog about what i did for my birthday....

KL.. ..here we come!!!

2007-11-22T01:48:00.000+08:00

ok.. after checking our result ... we went back to seremban ... papa said he wants to bring us to stay in Shang ri la in KL ... papa is attending an international conference in the hotel itself.... and so, well, we are freeman .... no more books, no more patients and no more hospitals.... hahaha... this is the best treat!!!

ok, depart from seremban at around 6pm and reach the hotel around 7pm.... check in .. and told us we got a deluxe hotel( we got 6 people.. papa,mummy, me, jean lyng, wei sern and xiaojie!!!) .. ok .... costs around RM 600++.... well, our room is facing KLCC tower... so i think there is where our money goes!!!!!....

first thing, after opening the room .... mum complaining the room is small... well, she always love comparing to the hotel she stayed in Pekan Baru..... papa just snapped at her... anyway, my mum, jean lyng and wei sern is staying overnight only due to my brother is having SPM on Tuesday!!!....

the room is not that big... and well, the first thing i did was jumping on the bed!!!!! and start taking pic!!!

on the king-sized bed!!!!

my mum posed better than me!!!!

pathetic bathroom and the toilet bowl!!!

the family pic!!!

the nite view of one part of klcc tower...

after that... i was complaining hungry and that asked us where to eat and he suggested to walk to KLCC..... oh gosh!!!!..... so more darn hungry... was pushing papa to drive the car .... However, once my dad decided to walk... means the whole family must walk!!!!!.. sigh!!!

anyway, no regrets of walking to KLCC... the views are superb on the walkway.... KLCC tower is really magnificent during at nite especially the lights on the tower....

blurry me... taken by xiaojie.... xiaojie got shaky hands .. bah!!!

closer view of the magnificent KLCC tower... but then, the pic looks fake ... it's like my head just paste over a postcard!!!!

well... we still dont know what to eat .... so, i suggested Chilli's... hehe... one of my favourite western food and papa's lamb steak...

we ordered triple play, i ordered chicken fajita, xiaojie ordered chicken taco's and mum oredered lamb shank which she shared with papa and wei sern ordered mushroom jack....

while waiting for ordered.. as usual, my sis was playing her pokemon game in her nintendo and same with my bro, papa and mummy went for a walk, and me and xiaojie just as usual staring at both of my siblings...

my sis is too addicted in that pokemon game.....

my bro and my xiaojie.... his worst angle!!!!hahahaha

then our food came... yippie!!!

lamb shank

chicken taco's... a bit sourish... but still nice

mushroom jack.... the best!!!!

our chicken fajita's

look at mummy... she really enjoyed her food!!!

another candid from my mum

this is why i LOVE chilli's.. thumbs up for chilli's!!!

peace sign for chilli's... and look.... xiaojie is enjoying his food!!!

aha... yummy chilli's

eating the last bits of the food

look... he is enjoying his food(sarcastic)

big grin for chilli's!!!

come to chilli's!!!

gosh.. we are really like a glutton... the portions were big and we managed to gobbled up everything... and we really very full and felt like the food was in our throat!!!

by the time we finished our dinner... it was about 10pm... so... shops are starting to close... so, what else we can do... so,we just walked back to our hotel la!!!... good!!!... at least we could digest our food and could lost a few calories too!!!..hehehehe

im officially a doctor!!!!!

2007-11-21T23:45:00.000+08:00

hahahaha... after 5 years of studying in medical school.. alas... im a doctor now... but currently on a vacation.... now i could blog everyday!!!!...yippie.... well, they are some people who didnt make it... really sad for them .... i could understand how they feel cos i went thru before,... that's was when im in Form 6... my result was shit but my family gave a second chance and currently im really grateful to my family!!!!.... anyway, i always think that whatever things had happened, there are always a reason behind this... i really hope those who didnt make it could make it during the next 6 months!!!!..... gambate!!!!!... we must celebrate our convo together!!!!

okie ... anyway, the results suppose to be out on saturday evening( on the 17th of nov). Some of my friends waited from 5.30 pm... heard that results will be out around 7 plus plus pm.... well, i waited in front of my campus around 630pm... chatted with ann chyi, woon ting and karen.. dont know what the hell we talk but chatted till 9 pm with our heart pounding!!!!.... anyway around 915 pm , friends started to smsing that result will be out on the following morning cause there some technical problem in sending the results to Manipal.... Bah!!!!.... waited for nearly 3 freaking hours with growling stomach and high speed heart-beats!!!..arghh... xiaojie was really hungry like a hyenna so, he straight went to tesco and ate for dinner....

stared at his dinner and i lost my appetite... it is not that im fussy... but really, after all of these studying break, i ate very simple but shitty food and wanted to eat something like mcdonalds.... well, just dont understand guys... when they are hungry.... their face change and they look like justice pao!!!!(justice pao is a famous judge during the ching dynasty( i think so la)... well, considered he was really clean during the anti corruption days!!!

the justice pao is in the middle .... see how black his face is!!!

slept quite late that nite after an outing with woonting, wong zai , ann chyi and khai chi.... however i woke up at 5 am next day... was packing my books and went out for breakfast with xinyi and xiaojie at sin hoe around 745 am..... ok... we were told that results will be out at 930am... but around 815 am, woonting called me and told me that me and xiaojie PASS!!!.... whoo hoo..... xin yi also pass, wong zai pass, and many more .... we quickly ate our breakfast and went straight to the campus.... was happy but not too excited .... not sure why !!!!!

anyway, i got my first taste of beer .. yeah ... i drank TIGER beer ... actually a sip only compliment from GOBI .... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... dont like the taste .... IT"S BITTER !!!!.. rather drink 100 plus !!!!..hahaha

me and gobi... my very first taste of beer!!!

yeah .. tiger beer!!!.. i look so pathetic!!!!... and yeah... im still with my pyjamas

yeah.. my ah pek xiaojie and gobi!!!!

after checking my result... hahaha.. we went back straight to SEREMBAN!!! hehehehe

some pic...

2007-11-17T04:40:00.000+08:00

some pictures from muar after our long case presentation.... well, we are one of the early birds to finish the exam so have to camp over the canteen for the next few hours while waiting for my other friends to finish theirs...

me and xinyi... (with my famous peace sign.... and i really look like a moron with all my hair tied up.... sigh.....)

additional of 2 MIC members..( megen(sitting) and Ram(standing but more like stooping!) and gosh... i think i have frontal bossing!!!!...

suddenly xiaojie wants to be in the pic badly and well,he looks so ah pek....and i felt that i'm bald!!)

well, only 3 miserable pics taken..... aisei!!!!

not-so lucky day!!!

2007-11-17T02:18:00.000+08:00

exams are finally over... but wasnt lucky today... i have 3 short cases... one from Obs & Gynae, and one from medicine and lastly, orthopaedics...

well, it is lucky to get O&G, but i knew this was my very worst subject among all othe medical subjects. O&G is very easy and straightforward subject especially for undergraduates, but i really suck in it.... i felt it is away from other subjects and i couldnt reconnect between O&G and medicine. Well, for examination wise, gynae cases is something like we normally do for surgery but for obs... i really sucked at it!!!... i hate palpating mother's tummy and to find where was the head located, whether liquor was adequate, where is the back of the baby and lastly, to find the location of the baby's heart!!!!...argh!!!!!.. and when the mother is a placenta praevia( a low lying placenta which quite prone for bleeding), u must be very gentle palpating the mother's tummy...aisei... tat's why i really hate O&G....

i got a very nice panel (again!!)... Dr kautaman( HOD of medicine department),well, i have phobia towards him cause he is very strict in class and once, he sounded me and gave me a FAIL for my long case presentation. Well, i cried during that class but anyway, i learned how to take a good history from him..... he was very nice throughout my short cases and he guided me when i got stucked.... My second panel was Dr Tham( an O&G specialist who is known as a workaholic), very strict during class but very nice examiner!!!!..heheheehhe.. the other 2 were external which one of them is an orthopaedic specialist.

my first case was a pregnant woman a POG of 36 weeks with intrauterine growth restriction(IUGR) ... went kelam kabut cause it is a pregnant lady and shit..... i need to locate the baby head!!!!!!!! arghhhhhhh........ here was the conversation between me and dr tham:

Dr T: this is a G3 P2 mother with period of gestation (POG) of 36 weeks. .. do relevant general examination and abdomen examination..

me: ( i told all my findings) bla bla bla.... and fundal height is at 32 weeks and symphisiofundal height is 31 cm...
( in between, Dr Tham was motivating and very encouraging which makes u felt your adrenaline rush was lowered down)

Dr T: ok, then proceed with your examination... (i proceed by doing all the Obstretic grips andwent head- wired again!!!!!!... confuse with the heel of the baby and the head... my instinct told me that the head was at the bottom but the head seems to be engaged and very hard to feel... shit!!!! )

me: erm.. ( i told my findings) ... and i think it is an oblique lie and the head is at the upper right of the abdomen....( was profusely sweating!!!!!!!)

Dr T: u sure?.... do u want to recheck again? ( aha!!... got the clue here!!!... my 1st finding was wrong... guess i need to believe my instinct!!)

me: ( recorrect my findings!!)...

Dr T: so, what is your diagnosis??

me: a singleton baby, with a longitudinal lie and in cephalic presentation...(hehehehe!!!)

Dr T: good... so the mother is a POG of 36 weeks and your findings was 31 cm??? so what do u think?

me: uterus doesnt correspond to POG and it is lesser than the POG....

Dr T: then, what is likely to be?

Me: IUGR, wrong dates and oligohydramnion...

Dr T: what else? (shit!!!!.... sudden thought block!!!!.. couldnt think any other reason!!!)

me:..errrrrrrrrr( really blurred!!!!)

Dr T: u would only able to ask one question from the mother about her past Obs history??

me: ( i was totally brain dead)....
later, he asked me how to investigate the mother....... and i able to answer and later,the bell rang...

my next station was medicine and was praying NOT TO GET MURMUR!!!... well, yip-yip-hurray.... i got an abdomen case and it looks like thallasemia due to her features!!!... ok .. could pass that and Dr kautaman was nice ... hehehehe

bell rang and went to my final station ... my patient was a chinese man .... well, i thought it will be another abdomen case(surgical case), HOWEVER,......(questions are by the external examiner...)

Dr: this is a 50 year old gentleman with a history of an abnormal gait and right hip joint pain since 4 years old, currently comes in with bilateral hip joint pain.... do relevant HIP EXAMINATION... ( my heart just sanked..... cause i didnt practice hip examination or any discussion about hip joint with my friends during study break)

me:... i would like to assess his gait( i could only think of that!!!!).. ( saw his gait.. and was in a big shock cause it was my first time seeing that gait.... definitely, it was a short limb gait and some additional gaits which i could able to think of trendelenburg gait ....)

Dr: so what do u think .. or u still can assess his gait if you want to .... ( of course i wan to ask him to walk again!!!)

me: i will like to see his pelvis by asking him to undressed..( felt abit shy, but before that, i have answered short limb gait with trendelenburg gait)

Dr: ok, this patient has bilateral trendelenburg and short limb gait .. so, how do you do trendenlenburg test?

me: ( was showing the method to do the test but at the same time, the patient was obviously helping me out too!!!!.. told my findings )).... he has obvious trendenlenburg test positive over the right side but couldnt see the left side...( i felt suffocated!!! felt like killing myself!!!)

dr: it's ok .. it is really hard to see the left side, but anyway, he has bilateral trendenlenburg gait and short limb gait, so what do u called it? ( how nice of him!!!!1)

me:... waddling gait...( gait like walking like a duck)

dr: (he asked me a few more questions but couldnt remember....).. ok, let us proceed to the bedside ...

me:...( telling all the findings, and yeah... was doing my crazy stunts on the patient like squaring the pelvis, examine his range of movement and went into some discussion which final question i couldnt answer and found out from my lecturer that he wants OSTEOARTHRITIS of both hip joint!!!... argghhhhh......)

i was given a special treatment from the panels which they give me extra time for my last case ... was the last person to come out from the exam hall.... and felt like crying... discuss with Xinyi about my cases and hers too... she is a great listener and i felt relieved after talking to her...

well, the reassessment list for borderlines was put up ... well, my name was not in the list.... but it doesnt tell whether i pass... anyway, still with my finger crossed for hoping to pass.... maybe another 16 hours that the final results will be out!!!... gosh....scary!!!!

a lucky day!!!!

2007-11-15T04:11:00.000+08:00

i was really lucky today... it was just a pure luck .. after all this months, i was praying for a good long case .. and guess what??... my prayer was answered and im blessed with a simple and uncomplicated case .... THALLASEMIA!!!!!... goodness gracious!!.. the informant was the mother and she told me that she had came thrice for our college finals!!!... She was a great historian... i sat beside her and before i could start my interview, she told me that she came for exam and told the diagnosis without asking!!! hehehehehe... my smile just came off naturally!!!

there are 4 of us in the cubical(all are paeds case). Ram, Jeffri, me and unknown senior... while clerking my history, i heard Ram presenting his findings to Dr angeline... he was presenting some cardiovascular findings... i heard he talks about murmurs and some CVS findings.... gosh!!!.... and then i heard jeffri was presenting his case to the panels while i was examining my patient's abdomen.... i heard some joint swelling and he needed to do some joint examination ..... what the heck!!!.. i was really in doubt whether i had Thallasemia in front me !!! because all my friends are having some not-so-straight-forward cases. Not sure what the senior got but i think is a cerebral palsy case...

my panels are nice ... Dr madavath kamath ( my paeds lecturer), Dr rakesh( my medicine lecturer) , dr sivabalan( HOD of surgical department in Hosp Muar) and an external from Obs and Gynae.... i thought i will be bombarded by Dr M.kamath as he was the chief examiner(he is famous of bombastic question that really makes u think !!!)... but mostly the questions were asked by dr sivabalan and the external... Questions were straight forward but went head-wired during genetic counselling....but whoohoo... time doesnt permit for further discussion...hehehehe.. but could answer here and there...

gonna have my short case this friday ( the ultimate day!!!)... will be very worried cause i need to brush up my murmurs, orthopaedics, surgery and Obs & Gynae... Oh shuckkss!!!!!....and mind you.. it is hell of alot!!!!...

okie dokie... time to study .. praying to get good case and good panels too!!!!!....bless me!!!

p/s : to my friends who sitting for their short case tomorrow.... wish u all the best!!!

finally!!!!

2007-11-13T23:46:00.001+08:00

tomorrow it's my big day!!!.... after 5 years in medical school, tomorrow and friday will determine my destiny.... my heart is beating faster and faster as the clock tick and tick like there is never ending (unless the battery went dead).....i'm hoping tat i wont do some crazy stunts tomorrow for my long case....ish ish ..

hope to get a good nite sleep

good luck to my fellow friends!!!!! let's strive together!!!!

exam week!!!

2007-11-13T03:42:00.000+08:00

this week is our judgement day...some of my friends had sat for today.. most cases are surgical cases especially in Muar, ... most of them got thyroid and breast... the most simplest and direct case will be O & G... if not malpresentation, it will be gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM) or pregnancy induced hypertension(PIH) . They do put placenta praviea case too... Medicine cases are kinda complicated.. most of them come with underlying causes. So, you spend most of the time taking history and will left by few minutes to take your examination.... the panels are nice today... but not sure about the following 2 days... hoping their mood are still the same...

okie dokie... though i have extra 2 days to prepare for my long case, i think it doesnt make any difference.. most of your time will be spending in asking your friends what they case they got.... aiks... Does it make any difference????... :P

having insomnia these days... couldnt sleep well.. always thing about the practicals.. it's kinda scary cause you will be thinking what case are you getting.... i can feel my brain is tired but always awake due to this nightmare.. i hate exams ... always make me couldnt sleep at all and always thinking about exam and exam and only exam ... ooooo.. i just cant wait to be over!!!

good luck to everyone who are taking their exam tomorrow!!... sleep well!!!!

good luck everyone!!!

2007-11-11T14:40:00.000+08:00

the day has finally arrived!!!.. good luck to my friends who sitting for their practicals tomorrow!!!

stardust

2007-11-10T16:13:00.001+08:00

last wednesday.. went to mbo cinema in melaka... watch stardust at 945pm.... actually, i dont even know the synopsis of the movie b4 watching it but i only knew it is a fantasy movie something like LOTR(lord of the rings)... i only knew michelle pfeiffer was one of the cast... blurry, i bought the tickets for 2 at 8pm on the very same day, and only found out that 6 seats were filled among 70 seats ( i guess!).. bah... must not a great movie i think ... but what to do ... i was so bored and rotten at home so might as well i spend my time out from home....

Reached at the cinema at 945 pm sharped and i was still new to mbo cinema ( launched on the 1st day of transformer, and only visited the cinema thrice including this time)... after 5 minutes of navigating the cinema and at last found out where is the cineplex that going to show the movie( needed to climbed a flight of stairs to tat particular cineplex) , and was getting ready to enter the cineplex with my popcorn, and guess what????

my nature starts dialing and calling... bahh, this is one of my bad habit b4 watching the movie... the ticket boy told me that the toilet is downstair at the other corner of the cinema... shucksssss... i need to run down, get my business done and run up the stairs again which took me nearly 5 minutes!!!...

after found my seat and settling down, xiaojie told me that i missed the first 5 minutes of movie... bah..... it's ok, could catch up the movie...and wait.... the cineplex was full!!!!!

first thing i saw was the main actor/hero.. i was like ...... ewwwwwww... he is not handsome.. he looks like a 'kampung boy" / village boy... look at his coconut hair, bossing frontal and kinda sissy.. really look like a country bumpkin!!!!....initially, i tot the movie will be boring but.... oooo... i was totally wrong !!!!!.. the movie is humorous and i did enjoyed my movie .. it is just a typical romantic fantasy comedy movie...the whole movie had great cast such as sienna miller , rupert everett, and later claire danes and then ROBERT DE NIRO!!!!!... robert de niro is HUMOROUS!!!!!!!...... and u know what ???????

i fell in love with the hero of the movie.... yeah ... that country bumpkin!!!!.... TRISTAN acted by charlie cox..... the transformation from a 'kampung boy' to a handsome warrior..hehehehe.... (am i exaggerating???)... it is a MUST WATCH MOVIE......

michelle pfeiffer... miss her memorable act as catwoman in batman returns

robert de niro.... looks serious in the movie but he is not!!!

xiaojie downloaded the movie for me and till today, with no failed, im still watching that movie... xiaojie said im totally NUTS!!!!... he never seen someone so crazy till can watch the movie repetitively 3 times/day... hehehehehe.....

ok... got to go...time to study!!!!

dreaming to be a supermodel....

2007-11-09T20:20:00.000+08:00

watch ANTM 9 (america's next top model) latest episode yesterday.. enrique was their guest star and you know wat???... all the gals in ANTM 9 get to shoot with enrique in his new music video(mv) 's Tired of Being Sorry... gosh.... i alwiz dreamed of being into ANTM but well.... they are few things tat im not eligible into their reality tv....

1. I'm not a AMERICAN ( well, in the previous cycle, natasha wasnt an american but she married an american hubby, hence, she is considered an american, and then the cycle 8 winner's jaslene is not an american but she is from south america , thus considered an american but from south ... well, maybe i should married an american so i would be eligible to be in their reality TV..hehehehehe)

this is natasha ... post ANTM pic

jaslene... the cycle 8 winner

2. I'm definitely SHORT.. im only 5 feet 51/2.... the height requirement at least 5 feet 7 inches.... bah .... just by the 1 1/2 inch short .. shuckksssss!!!!!......

3. I have a straight cut body type.. not skinny but not too curvy either.... i really envied tyra banks 's body. No matter how plump she was, she still got that sexy curves

tyra banks.... drools!!!

4. I have flat face ( like a pancake), flat nose, small eyes ( one with half way to double eyelid and the other with typical chinese eye), thick eye brows if left unshaved, small and cracked lips with enormous big ears and pathetic short eyelids and slightly bunny teeth(was corrected with braces)

i know i have a mole..

so, definitely im not eligible into ANTM right???? even Malaysia's model search wont choose me at all ... but anyway, i like my look alot cause it resembles your parents and no one will my look unless i have a long-lost twin which confirmed i was a singleton baby in my mum's uterus OR people go for plastic surgery cause they like my look ( muahahahahahaha...) and lastly,

5. I'M A BUSY GIRL!!!! ( im busy with shopping, chit chatting, gossiping, annoying my xiaojie, occupying with my battle city game, surfing forums, beating mosquitos, talking to my grandma and mum, and lastly but not the least, SLEEPING!!!! im deprived of sleep since i have exams going on!!!!)

ok.. time to study .... I HATE EXAMS!!!!!!

nothing special.....

2007-11-09T18:45:00.000+08:00

woke up at 1pm today.... felt very lethargic and wanted to continue sleeping again ... but my xiaojie(nickname for my bf and if u translate it to english is missy) told me that they have an extra class with Dr Praveen today (surgery) at 2.30 pm .. bah .... wanted to skip his class but i knew dr praveen's tips are really useful for exams and it's good for lazy bums like me who dont want to dig old the class notes for how to examine thyroid, peripheral nerve injury and also .. management of any thyroid cases... could skipped that topic.. though it doesnt help much in skipping alot of topics

learned quite alot from him today.. extensive last minute class from 2.30pm to 6 pm with 15 minutes break in between... can see him he is quite tired but due to the excitement and enthusiatic of learning more .. he continued his class.....

the last session of his class was abdominal examination which we always failed to performed well though we are final year students... he taught us how to examine according to your provisional diagnosis and not bluntly examine the abdomen for the sake of examining it ......

so , what i had learned today:
1. autonomic system
2. examination of ulnar nerve and memorizing the brachial tree( bah... i hate memorizing!!!)
3. management of a thyroid swelling and biliary tree
4. abdominal examination

so, what am i going to do next????
1. take bath
2. get ready for dinner ( gosh,... i dunnoe where to eat in melaka!!!)
3. studying for my practicals
4. playing my battle city and must pass level 44( im always stucked in level 44!!!)
5. and blogging!!!!!!( muahahahahahaha.... im addicted to it!!!)

testing 123...

2007-11-09T03:05:00.001+08:00

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chilling!!!!

2007-11-09T01:31:00.000+08:00

i have my practicals next wednesday and friday and im still chilling out !!!.. gosh .... wat happen to me .... must study!!!!! but wat to study ?????.... these are the lists that I MUST DO!!

1. must refreshed my memory how to clerk a case and present it to the panels

2. digging my notes how to managed a case

3. doing group study to brushed up our performances for short case

4. memorizing the brachial tree and it's branches

5. wash my lab coat and my baju kurung

6. playing battle city in my nintendo and watch stardust again!!!!!hehehehehe... this is the only task which i never failed to do....

6 days more to go and im not doing anything except blogging!!!!!!

hairstyles!!!

2007-11-08T23:07:00.000+08:00

in this 5 years, i had changed a few hairstyles.. from tomboy short to jennifer aniston's long straight hair and later went for curls , and later on, snipped off my long grassy hair to short bob..

my first ever jennifer aniston's hair look... the best pic i can find ...:P well, i noe i realy look pathetic..

later, i went for bangs... i know i look really awkward...

the bangs grew longer..

and longer ...(pls ignored the year .. it is supposed to be 2005)

and longer till it needs to be parted away..

and then went for digital perming..

and it grew longer ....

and longer ...( see those dangles.. bet tat will be lot of split ends)

and then got back with my jennifer aniston's look again (look how silky and shiny my hair was..hehehe)

later it went out of shaped and later spending most of my time manually pulling out the split ends with my bare hands

and then i went for bob for CNY 2007... and awwww.. first time colored it!!!!

and oopps, i banged it again!!!!

and i temporary curled my hair for my prom which it's life span was 3 to 4 hours only!!!!

the back view

drools.... i luv bob!!!!

and later went to this.. trying to maintain it but my hairstylist went a bit pusing cos i wan myself to look cute ...hehehehehehe

the back view!!!!

oooo... cant wait for my new hair cut after my finals ... my hairstylist told me tat he had a new hairdo in his mind .... maybe i should dyed and highlight it... hehehehehehehe...

p/s: cant find my tomboy cut pic.. willl upload if i found my pic...:P

Journey starts here

2007-11-08T22:17:00.000+08:00

Hola!!!.. actually, this is my second blog. I had created my first blog in friendster and left it to be rotten for years... now.. thinking that blog is something like journal of your life ... might as well i create it to make my life as memorable as possible... my memory starts to deterioting due to aging process .. and though, there are still memorable pieces are still fresh .. might as well i blog!!!!