mysterious tubes

i'm just so amazed that i'm able to upload photos onto my blog. Isn't it amazing?? It's a major step for my IT skills. Took some photos during a "tubes-and-drains" session during my surgery posting. But as i was too busy taking photos, i didn't take good notes and have no idea what are the names and function of these mysterious tubes. Can somebody help?

I suspect the above tube is a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube because it has 4 lumens. But i'm not sure. Hope i'm not making a blunder here. Otherwise pinakin and wendy will have such a good time laughing at me like the antibiotics episode.

I have absolutely no idea about this tube. It kind of look like a sword except it's plastic and prob will never kill anyone.

post-christmas

Had christmas eve dinner at my cousin's place this year. The food was so delicious i couldn't stop praising her the whole night. There were 2 types of pasta, roast chicken, parmesan cheese from parma, parma ham wrapped in melon, cheese fondue, chilli crab, tiramisu and of course the usual turkey. Haven't had so much for a long time. After tonnes of food, some booze, and lots of gambling, christmas finally came. And went.

This is my little niece, estelle. She's such a pretty little thing! Her eyelashes are naturally curled upwards. I can't even get that effect with my eyelash curler and mascara. When we sang christmas carols, she'll put her hands together like "gong xi gong xi" and bounce up and down.

I still have lots of christmas photos to share but i don't have them in my computer yet. Had lots of fun going for the christmas parties and giving and receiving presents. School is going to start again tomorrow. Really dreading it, i'm not sure how i can get into the study mode again.

tired or wired

arts central has a very interesting show on tv tonight. they do experiments like which kind of food gives you most gas and weird stuff like that. I especially like the tired or wired section. it's quite useful for me. they got 2 guys: 1 has not slept for 2 days. 1 has been drinking energy boosting drinks for 2 days. and got them to do 3 challenges.

the first challenge was a game of snap. wired (who drank all the energy drink) kept "snapping" wrongly. tired, although slow, was able to do it accurately. so tired 1 wired 0.

second challenge was a game of balancing on a big ball while balancing a tub of water on their head. tired won again.

last challenge was how fast they could park a caravan. this time wired won. so the final score is tired 2 wired 1.

I could not sleep last night, had an irriating throat and cough. was extremely tired this morning and while driving to school, for the first time, i almost fell asleep while driving!! it's quite a scary feeling because i could hardly keep my eyes open while manoeuvring the bends of PIE. So the experiment proved that lack of sleep really retards driving skill.

they have another experiment called fat or thin. last week they proved that if you were stranded in sea (from a shipwreak) the fat person could float longer than a thin guy. this week, they showed that if a thin guy was stuck in a blizzard, he'll have less damage from the storm than a fat guy.

Quite an interesting show!