good luck bad luck

my right lower eyelid has been twitching non stop today. Since the id test is around the corner (on friday to be exact), i decided to waste time and google about the significance of this event.

for the females:
1. top left eye lid twitch; means fortune (little or lots).
2. lower left eye twich; you could be crying later.
3. top right eye twitch; FOOD..treats coming your way.
4. lower right eye twitch; always a bad sign.

Bad sign! probably means i'm going to do badly for this test. but well, i survived microbiology, i think i can survive this. *fingers and toes cross until cannot uncross*

for the male, if the upper right eye twiched, it means fortune and vice versa. any lower eye twiching is not a good omen.

the medical people has a name for this condition. Forgot what it is called. They attribute it to stress, lack of sleep and caffeine. It's a completely benign condition. Nothing a little botox can't cure.

erratum

sigh

made a mistake in my previous blog. can easily correct the mistake so i won't look so dumb but, well, i won't so you all can continue laughing at me. luckily i'm not a doctor yet or i'll kill someone with my terrible antibiotic-skills.

rocephin is NOT gentamicin. it is ceftraixone, a 3rd generation cephalosporin. gentamicin is gentamicin. Don't know what's the trade name. bactrium is trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. augmentin is amoxicillin and clavulanate. arhkjghlkjsa. sjoiejoigj. shjekjhsoiekjjkjskljdf;lkjsadkjf hfjerot sjehtpskr kshdjtciemnwsndlijf jshruf;sidkjfn dufnspwjf kdhfidsmj ksjikfnzkjjfmd

Don't understand? me too.

i hate bugs

currently doing a 2-week posting at infectious diseases. sigh. it's really one of my most dreaded subject. when i'm with the rest of my classmates, i can't understand what the heck they are talking about most of the time. it's quite funny actually. it's as though i'm watching a movie in another language. seriously. the words used in this field are unpronounceable and unspellable. and they don't even sound like english.

for example. "blah blah blah....gentamycin...blah blah....rocephin...blah blah....aminoglycoside.." all these 3 words mean the same thing!! why can't they just call them by one name so that no one gets confused!! gentamycin is the generic name of an antibiotic. rocephin is the trade name and aminoglycoside is the class. this is the simplest example of the complicated world of antibiotics and infectious diseases. i don't even know if i spelt those words correctly or not. how to prescribe medicine next time?!!

and why can't they give us free parking? we pay so much every year and where do all the money go to? they should print all lecture notes for us and give us free parking at every hospital!

inspiring tutors

prof loong (neurology, nni)
attended his legendary weekly tutorial today at nni. what can i say. he has taught so many people, including people who are senior consultants today already. everytime i attend his tutorial, i'm always amazed at the way he simplifies things. and neurology is not simple at all! he's like a walking dictionary of neurology.

prof rajendran (anatomy, nus)
he was my first prof and taught me the anatomy of the upper and lower limb. anatomy to me is a very boring subject because it's all about memory. but he was able to explain it in a way that's easy to remember and it actually made sense! and his tips-lecture right before exams were priceless! without them, i probably wouldn't have gotten by anat so easily.

prof biswas (o&g, nuh)
such a nice tutor. when you ask him one question, he'll give you a whole tutorial. even though he was so busy, he made sure we had enough teaching. even if it meant we had to sit at a corner of the clinic near the pantry while he sees us in between patients. he made studying o&g so easy because everything's so practical. the best part was he was my examiner during the end of posting test! i'll never forget how he so kindly help me with the 7-point glucose monitoring part when i was stuck when the other examiner asked me how to monitor diabetes in a pregnant patient. i think he's my favourite tutor of all. his tutorials were always a joy.

dr umapathi (neurology, nni)
he doesn't allow people to take notes during his tutorials so i can't really recall what he taught me during my time at nni but i remember that although his tutorials can last for hours, it's not tiring at all. he was very engaging and made neurology (yes, the boring neuro) exciting!

dr teoh (medicine, nuh)
he's the tutor who taught my cg how to examine patients in the proper way. even up till today, we're still using his method of examination. without his help, i can't imagine how my clinical skills will be like today. not that i'm very good now but i guess it's passable.

there are still many other nice doctors that i met during my clinical years like dr razmi, dr sanjay, dr sujai, dr rao, the whole geriatrics team like dr wong and dr chong. all very willing to teach and so nice to us. my current tutor now is an excellent tutor. although he's quite scary because his expectations are very high, i've learnt a lot from him even though it has only been a week. everytime after a meeting with him i will have the sudden urge to read the entire harrison's so that i can keep up with him.

if your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme

my sis just came back from a major shopping spree in Bangkok. although i was super jealous (the whole of friday while i was in school, i kept thinking...oh she's at the airport now. she's in the plane now. she's at bangkok shopping now) i got some fabulous presents from her. so not that bad lah. after going through her packed suitcase until 2am this morning (she went with an empty one!!) i've decided. I'm going to bangkok! Yeah!

Here's the catch. i need a shopping partner. i'm looking for somebody who LOVES shopping. Doesn't mind walking for the whole day so we can see everything! Don't want to go siteseeing because who has the time!! there's too much to shop. and somebody who loves thai food and doesn't mind eating by the roadside.

but i also want to go to hong kong to visit disneyland!! absolutely love disneyland man. was reading the classified just now 5 days disneyland fun!

• 2 nights at deluxe habour plaza resort city
• 1 night at disney's hollywood hotel
• 1 day disneyland admission ticket
• 1 night at concourse hotel

at only $599!! ok. it's not exactly very cheap, but definately cheaper than going to other disneylands. and the food in hk is heavenly too!

can't really decide which country i want to go more....shopping? roller coaster? tom yam soup? mickey mouse? ARGH!!

my father suddenly told me yesterday that i'm not allowed to leave the country until after my exams are over. he must have guessed that when i see my sis come home from her holiday i'll definately want to go for one myself. and he is right!! i'm not exactly the perfect daughter i guess. how many trips have i gone already without telling him. luckily he doesn't read my blog or he'll kill me!

and lastly. i think my kitchen skills are deteriorating. tried to make jelly today but failed. don't know why the thing didn't harden. I followed the recipe exactly! 500 mls of water, add the powder to hot water. too bad.

buffets and balloons

today's the last day of the geriatrics posting. had a mini mcq test, wasn't that bad. then we had our usual end-of-posting outing. we went to the sakae buffet at wheelock place and had lots and lots of food. and while we were eating, some very funny poems were composed..

can't remember all the poems that the rest composed already! will add them later...here are some of my amateur attempts at rhyming

today i'm eating a buffet
i know i can never be like faye (as in faye wong)
she's so slim
my my oh-so-thin
but who cares, i'm the queen!

haha...i know i'm supposed to rhyme with the first line. but can't think of anything that rhymes with buffet..

jinnie suggested a balloon theme..so here goes

up goes the balloon
just like the man on the moon
the balloon goes pop
the space craft drops
reminds me of a macaroon

i know the last line doesn't make much sense, but i think it's quite funny. my poems are not like eugene's..nothing eloquent or anything. they're written just for fun.

oh here's one of my old poem. one of my favourite!

there was an old lady in ward seventy-two
she had so many visitors, it was like a zoo
the nurse was mad
the doctor was crap
and they lived happily together after that

and last but not least, today is my bro's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIU JUNHAO!!

donuts and milo

i love donuts. not just any kind, but the really old-fashioned sugar-coated ring donuts. especially those at the bottom of the pack with one thick layer of sugar all over it. yummilicious! ate one for dinner and another one right before watching america's next top model. so ironic. But how do you resist donuts and milo when your stomach is rumbling?