How did a whole month pass by without me noticing? No, actually.. scratch that. I did notice it passing by, it’s just at the speed of light I felt like I’m playing catch-up with my workload all the time, and I just had to sacrifice the time used to read and write. So many of the funny little things my groupmates and I did or said that I wanted to write down, but alas by the time I get home all the energy mustered up is only enough for me to do the bare minimum. How do the other people do…
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Found this on this site, thought it’d be nice to share. Enjoy!
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Many people I know or just strangers I’ve spoken to talked about their discontent of this country, and expressed wishes to leave the country for a better life elsewhere. Whilst I can understand that sentiment, I think there are other options to react to the feeling of dissatisfaction and to have a better life here without having to leave the country. Instead of complaining and whining about everything that’s wrong with this country, why not do something about it? Yes there are things that we have no control over, and we can’t change everything overnight or hope to see results…
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Of late I count my days by whether it’s headache-free or headache-filled days, and lemme tell you it’s no fun at all to have the latter be the majority of them. Don’t understand why this is happening; some says it’s stress, but I really don’t feel stressed at all- truth! Yet this past week the first thing I do as soon as I woke up is to pray hard that I won’t have headache later during the day. It probably sounds like I’m whining about something petty, but if you’ve ever had tension headaches or migraine before, you’d know this…
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That’s what I’ll be doing for the next few weeks. No, not really. Not so much of rumination, I don’t think, but a lot of other stuff. I was told we’ll be seeing patients with all sorts of psychiatric problems- it’ll be interesting! Can’t wait, even though a part of me is nervous about starting my first rotation in psychiatry. Psych, of all rotations! They say it can be mentally draining, and I’m sure they’re right. But this is what we’ve all been waiting for- to learn at the bedside, to speak with patients, to try to understand them and…
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So! As I mentioned in the last post, we’re having our Transition to Wards course right now, and we’re almost at the end of our second week. Last week we focused on Basic Life Support, learning CPR, EKG interpretation, and how to handle emergencies / acute care in a hospital setting. There were many sessions of acute care simulation; each scenario is different from the others, each one has many learning points. There is the communication component of it, and then the clinical acumen part of it. So much to learn, absorb and internalize, I can’t help but feel overwhelmed.…
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Ahhh freedom! I can almost taste it. Feels good to be back here. 🙂 It’s been a long hard month since I last blogged. To those who wondered, yes exam is finally over. Don’t ask me how I did though. Lots of post-exam emotions and thoughts that are best left alone and untouched for fear of it inundating me once again (it already did- right after the exam, but I managed to calm self down after long chats with friends and family). In truth, there’s nothing I can do about it now except to enjoy my time with family and…
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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…
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Vote for me, he saysIf you don’t, the country will go to the wrong peopleThere’ll be hudud lawYou won’t have the freedom you enjoy nowEconomy will declineEverything will go wrongIf you don’t vote for meVote wiselyVote for Malaysia And I sit here, wonderingWhen is he going to tell meWhat will happen if I vote for him
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Have you heard? The horrifying roar The patronizing drumrolls The prelude to the symphony Warning us of its arrival Telling us to run Telling us to hide Run Run away from the consequences Of our actions we Commit dailyUnknowingly, or knowinglyConsuming, thrashing, forgettingRepeat routine the next day Yes, tell ourselvesIt’s not us, it’s certainly not ‘me’Prolonged winter in New YorkFloods in Midwest US and in MalaysiaEarthquakes, hurricanes, and what-have-you’sSurely you must be mistakenTo think it’s related to civilization But could it beThat it’s really usShould we give up some of our luxuriesMaybe we shouldCarpool, take a train, recycle, buy lessBut dear…
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Hello world! Another Monday, another start of the week. There’s a small bakery behind VIVA on Jln Ipoh, a few doors down Chapati (not sure of the spelling), that serves really good coffee. Apparently they have good breads too but I didn’t try. Check it out if you’re around the area. A few points deducted because they serve in paper cups even if you’re having it there, but coffee is still good. Good day everyone! p.s. if you don’t know where VIVA is, it’s near KLPAC, but on the opposite side of the road.
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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…