“Huis Clos”, which is French for Behind Closed Doors, a play written by Jean-Paul Sartre. It’s a play about three people who died and went to hell, and was placed in a room. And the whole play revolves around what happened in the room, hence the title ‘behind closed doors’. I won’t spoil the fun of reading the play for you, but the gist of the story is that they soon realized that they each annoy the hell out of one another so much so that they came to the conclusion that “hell is other people”. If you’re interested, the English title…
-
-
I don’t know how it happened, but it did. It’s already June and I’m done with third year of med school it’s unbelievable. For the longest time it’s just day after day after day, exams after exams, now that it had ended it felt a little surreal. But that’s not the end… yet. For what comes after third year.. is the fourth year, the year we have to do sub-internships, take up more responsibilities, and act more like an intern. First half will be shit tough, but everyone says the second half of fourth year would be sort of a…
-
Why hello there, world! It’s been so long since I last wrote anything here, I’m ashamed of myself for not doing so more frequently. I know I know, that’s what I say the last time too lol. Thing is, I don’t pen down my thoughts whenever they came up- usually during the day when I’m out and about. When I get home, I just could not lift up a finger to do anything else, let alone write. So many times I collapse in the bed right after taking a shower with the hair still dripping wet. And of course, the…
-
So many things happened in March… The dearth of posts is partly due to the lack of time to do everything else I need to be doing, and so every time I have the urge to blog, the urge gets suppressed because I feel I need to finish up the important work first before I doodle here (what’s new eh -.-). Alas, things never get done (the to-do’s is just a never-ending list dammit) and so there’s just no post for the entire one and thirty days. But this is of course not the only reason I haven’t been writing…
-
Seems like ages ago since the end of Chinese New Year. My professor asked, “So what do Chinese people call Chinese New Year? Just ‘New Year’? Or do they say ‘Chinese New Year’ as well?” I thought that was a peculiar observation. I’ve never thought about that until he mentioned it. Funny how a perspective from a different cultural background makes you notice little things that you don’t usually pay any attention to. Some pics of my CNY- the first that I spent away from my family and all the relatives in Penang, and the first I spent in KL. So…
-
In light of surgery clerkship, here’s a video to share. Depending on what kind of person you are, you’ll either find it disturbing, or funny, or *insert your own adjective here*. Enjoy! 🙂
-
Tonight my people congregated at the stadium to make their voices heard. All we want, is a cleaner fairer election. All we want, is for them to not treat us like damn fools, not use that racist slur to divide the people. A little respect from them would be nice. Tonight my heart swells with pride, because their dirty tricks didn’t work on many of us, and I still see hope for my country, despite everything. Democracy doesn’t happen overnight, it’s a long and hard fight, but at least we’re not alone. Photos taken by my friend who was there…
-
No Man is an Island No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. MEDITATION XVII Devotions upon Emergent Occasions John Donne somehow right now to a part of any…
-
So. I must’ve mentioned it a zillion times about this exam that I’m taking. It’s always seemed so far away in the future and I just talk about it but don’t do much to alleviate the anxiety; but now it’s really just right around the corner. Nowwww the panic has reallyyyyy set in. And I mean REALLYYYY. Sh’damn. Ordinarily I’d write more on this, but not today. Enough of talking/writing about feelings about it, (I swear, sometimes I feel I need a break from myself lol), so I channeled my energy instead to create this mix. A playlist to accompany myself while…
-
Today is March 14. In other words, it’s Pi Day. Happy Pi(e) Day everyone! Go get a pie and celebrate! 😉 Midweek. Everything is as usual, nothing much is out of the ordinary. Came across some beautiful words and thought I’d share (quoting it loosely, with some minor changes): Be trustworthy, and trust others. Sometimes you will get hurt. That happens when you trust people. Still, you must trust. Not saying you shouldn’t try to verify. But don’t be so cynical that your first instinct is to question or to deny. Please realize that your patients are hurting and they…
-
Read this news article a couple of weeks ago about whether it’s constitutional to sample for DNA on those who are arrested without a warrant. Sounds to me like one of those ethical controversy on the usage of technology vs. the notion of privacy. The summary of the story is this: This guy was arrested for assault charges and his DNA was taken as per state law. The DNA sample was then submitted to federal DNA database to see if there were any matches. Turns out his DNA matched that of a rapist who committed the rape 6 years ago. He was…
-
Greetings from Penang! As always, we had our reunion steamboat dinner with a bunch of relatives who come back from all over. This year fewer people came back, so it’s a little quieter, but all good nonetheless. I love being surrounded by all these familiar faces whom I get to see at least once a year. This year there are 4 additions to the big family, ranging from 3-week old to almost a year old. Babies are so cute… until they start crying. 😛 Did not go watch PSY perform, but I heard the response wasn’t great, at least for…