Life is Good Without Exam

Zhao Ming is back……!

Even better…… =)

I officially slept 12 hours last night. And yeap, I went to RedBox yesterday. Had another buffet. *woot woot* It seems like I have been buffeting on a weekly basis, nowadays.

You know what… Most importantly, I woke up a happy man just minutes ago. So, why bother going to “Euphoria” when you can sleep till the state of euphoric? *teehee*

Of Doctors and Ducks

Three doctors are in the duck blind and a bird flies overhead. The general practitioner looks at it and says, “Looks like a duck, flies like a duck… it’s probably a duck,” shoots at it but misses and the bird flies away.

The next bird flies overhead, and the pathologist looks at it, then looks through the pages of a bird manual, and says, “Hmmmm…green wings, yellow bill, quacking sound…might be a duck.” He raises his gun to shoot it, but the bird is long gone.

A third bird flies over. The surgeon raises his gun and shoots almost without looking, brings the bird down, and turns to the pathologist and says, “Go see if that was a duck.”

Taken from http://www.workjoke.com/doctors-jokes.html

Semester 3 Updates

In order to recap what had happened to me since the commence of my Semester 3 in IMU, here are a few photos to share with you people.

Drum rolls……

and rolls……

and rolls……

CVS and Respi Notes

MANAGED to revise the cardiovascular and respiratory systems notes (9 weeks worth of notes) in 3 weeks time for my Summative One, which I was quite proud of myself. Despite not having study break, I was actually able to finish reading the papers in time. As you know, I am not a fan of physio, anatomy or what-not medical books, so I rely solely on these papers. In fact, this (don’t know good or bad) habit had started since my A-Levels study life. I actually felt guilty. Books were bought just because of peer pressure and to decorate my study table, so that it looked more… well…  “medical-student-like”. But now, I don’t really care anymore.

So yeah, my Summative One was finally over two days ago and I am entering haematology next week. The next major headache will be Summative Two which consists of haematology and gastrointestinal Systems, adding up another 10 weeks worth of notes. And the migraine will be EOS 3 which consists of all 4 systems, a total of 19 weeks worth of notes. During the study break, there will be rotation posting which reduces the already-short revision time. Still scratching my head as to figure out how to finish the mountains of notes in 4-weeks time then. Any idea, anyone?

After the Summative, we went to Jogoya to have our supper buffet. There were 30++ of us actually (10++ from IMU and another 10++ from Universiti Malaya.

This is the group photo.

IMU + UM Medical Students at Jogoya

IMU + UM Medical Students at Jogoya 2

And a few silly Jogoya photos to share.

Coconut drinking session.

Silly Chun How with his silly trophy, the "Silly King Crab".

Dipped my toe into the M209 junior’s orientation.

From the left : Precelia, Ric, Me, Olive & Esther.

Went to Genting Highlands with my former schoolmates. Had a great time there.

Group photo

Ready for the Haunted House.

Went to watch Manchester United vs Malaysia match at the Bukit Jalil stadium.

The pitch

Met Jane at Sunway Pyramid yesterday. So, again, group pictures.

Beware. The guy in orange shirt is the Prawn from District 9.

And the photo of the month goes to……

See the aura around me? (And hell no, I was not smoking.) Good photographing skill, whoever you were. Lol...

So, semester has been fruitful after all, hasn’t it? Went to Dato Keramat Clinic visit during my cardiovascular weeks. And from the haemato timetable, it seems that I am heading to a blood bank in the second week. Do hope that it won’t involve any report writing, but looking at the past trend and pattern, the chances are utmost slim.

Random Photos Taken during Semester 2 Break

Most of these photos were taken while I was on the way to savour Terengganu local delicacies at the beach. Yeap, you got it right… Keropok, fried stingrays, squids, crabs and all sorts of imaginable seafood. The food back in Terengganu was not only cheap, but also freaking finger-licking-good. A fried stingray for RM2?!!! Where else can you find that? You can practically eat as you like till you get postpandrial seafood phobia.

Remnant of the stadium 1

Remnant of the stadium 2

Remnant of the stadium 3

Remnant of the stadium 4

Remnant of the stadium 5

Remnant of the stadium 6

Compare this with the photo below

Note the red circle… A ghostly figure.

The ghostly figure.

Compare this with the photo below

Note the red circle... A ghostly figure.

The ghostly figure.

I don’t remember seeing anybody there when I was taking this picture. Weird right? And don’t you think that the position and angle where it stood was quite odd? That’s what happened when you take photos of random empty places without any purpose. Creepy creepy Krispy Kreme.

Can you not……

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
–Abraham Lincoln

Durian oo Durian…

Mr. Thorny

Studying medicine is like planting a Durian tree; it takes 5 years of sun and rain to mature and bear fruit.

Practising medicine is like sitting under the mature Durian tree (which you had planted); you will never know when an unsuspecting Durian favours the Newton’s law.

Pathetic I know it is.

But, if one can have the patience to wait and luck to evade or survive the trauma to the head, all the awesome yellow-orange flesh will be on his or her plate.

-Inspired by Durian the Thorny-

Word Chain

When there arise the need to chain a lecturer’s words together, life is tough.

*sigh* This marks the beginning of Semester 3.

Crumbled Under Pressure

Our athletes are prone to crumble under pressure at the international stage… we are fully aware of that.

But this…?

Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

I never knew that our own stadium, too, can go that way.

What a disgrace…… And that’s RM300million spent to fatten up the so-called contractors and build a stadium which had expired in one-year time. Imagine how many scholarships can be given out with RM300million every year; imagine how many hungry mouths can be fed with RM300million in one year.

One thing we, Malaysians, have to admit…we are pure losers when it comes to resources management.

Investigations have to be carried out immediately. Someone has to answer for the used-to-be RM300million worth of remnants. A scapegoat must be presented to the people, just like the old fashion way.

I don’t know why. But recently, our country has been plagued by all sorts of misfortunes. The “Karma” effects, perhaps? Approving faulty stadium design, assigning half-past-six contractors to do the job… the consequence is unquestionable. And yet, we still do not learn from our past mistakes. To date (Year 2009), I sniff no hint of us getting anywhere near our proposed Vision 2020.

For more detailed news, click here.

Of Giving False Hope to 4574 Young Souls

The recent intake blunder caused by the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was totally uncalled for.

It was a grave error an institution of such high level should never commit. =S

Speaking of quality. Disappointing really especially when they toy around with thousands of students’ future.

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Frontpage/20090601084616/Article/index_html

Of coup de grâce

Feeling happy because I managed to stop the coup de grâce of my End of Semester Exam (EOS) 2 from happening.

Hopefully, I will be able to escape the coup de grâce in Semester 3, or else, cut the grass my fate will be. T_T