Taking a moment to jot some thoughts. What has the world come to these days? Bombing one day, shoot-out another, people dropped dead like flies, bad guys doing bad deeds then running away, but the good guys won’t stop chasing, and they will keep at it until someone is down down down. Could be the real bad guys, could be scapegoats. Who knows, who cares. People needed to know that the monsters who did the heinous deed get what they deserved; whether the authority got the right targets is less important. At least that’s what it seemed on the outset……
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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…
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Day after day after day, we do the same thing, repeating the same routine, not realizing time has passed by so quickly. Can’t believe one and a half year has gone by since we first stepped foot onto this interim campus, becoming the first students of this school. But now- look where we are! End of GTS courses! It’s a bittersweet feeling that I have. Glad it’s over, felt it’s a tiny milestone we’ve accomplished; yet a little sad it’s ended. No more sitting so closely with each other, no more passing snacks/cookies around during class to help wake us…
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Conversation with a friend the other day: Friend: …I don’t understand what it means to have postprandial fullness.Me: What do you mean?Friend: I mean, how does it feel and how is that different from normal fullness?Me: Well have you ever eaten so much you just feel like your stomach is so uncomfortable? Friend: (looks at me quizzically) Uh no. Why would anyone do that??!Me: ……. (speechless, look down guiltily)Friend: No seriously… Why would anyone eat anymore when they already feel full?! Now every time I go into the kitchen to look for snacks, I think about her question. Sometimes it helps…
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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…
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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…
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Image source: Google search on suicide. Looking back at the blogpost I wrote on suicide last year, maybe I was being too harsh on them. I sounded pissed off at those who committed suicide, and indeed I was. I still am, a little bit, when I think about it. But since then, I’ve learnt to see things from a different light. I tried to reason that maybe there were causes obscure to the judging eyes of the public (yes, I too am guilty of it), maybe they were mentally sick but undiagnosed and they didn’t know how to get help,…
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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…
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Just another something to share.
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Synopsis The movie is about a white surgeon Alfred Blalock‘s partnership with his African American assistant, Vivien Thomas, in developing Blalock-Taussig shunt, a surgical procedure that saved the lives of babies who had blue baby syndrome. In essence, the shunt was made as an anastomosis of the subclavian and pulmonary artery, to provide oxygenated blood to cyanotic babies. (For those who are not medically inclined- it was a breakthrough surgical procedure done to provide oxygen to babies who couldn’t survive long after their births due to the lack of oxygenated blood, and so it was kind of a big deal.)…
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Video is super cute, can’t resist sharing!
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Started the new year with a 5-day trip to Bangkok with Lil Bro. Couldn’t have asked for more; the only part that I could’ve done without is my being sick. Can’t believe I fell sick the day before the trip! And to make things worse I returned home even sicker wtf. But all in all a great trip. It’s actually not that bad traveling with my Lil Brother! 😛 Some pics to share- Wanted to take the ferry towards the Memorial Bridge night market but ended up heading the opposite direction! Hilarious. In the end we walked further than we…