bak ku teh!土曜日, 9月 09, 2006
水曜日, 9月 06, 2006
while i hafnt been sick in a long while and this time it's q jialat.. headache x 3/7 fever X 1/7 - fluctuating, Tmax unknow a/w chills erm i tink no rigors la.. also a/w malaise, malygia, sorethroat, slight non productive cough.. haiz no good siaanyway i've been sleeping alot trying to recover w lots of paracetamol & lozenges & homebrew crysanthemum tea + 2 little kinder chocolate.
i got a shock of my life this evening when i checked my mail and found out that my jap frens mihoko and michiko-ne chan is coming to singapore this week.. i immed called japan and my god they actually arrived in singapore this afternoon at 4 pm!!!!
but actually they were following a tour group but they haf free time tmr aft 3 pm so my parents n me, we're going to host them tmr nite! :) how exciting right and gotta see if they have anymore free time on fri and sat or not then i can bring them ard more..
actualli i cant wait 2 see them..
parted w mihoko abt 2mths back when i went over japan to visit their family n stayed w them for abt 5 days.. but hafnt seen michiko ne chan for abt 6 years?? coz she was working in kyushyu i think n missed her when i visited her place in june...
hope they r all fine.. chatted w her over the fone just now abit.. she still sounds the same... like 6 years ago the nites we spent lugging jap-eng eng-jap dictionaries around telling each other abt our countries.. even resorting to drawing pix n stuff just to communicate.. now w my degenerated jap.. hope we can communicate still la..
okok i'll see them tmr.
better do work coz i napped my night away... argh i'm aching all over :(
日曜日, 9月 03, 2006
spent 1.5 weekends watching the show and i finally finished it all, thnx to pple posting it up on youtube. :) i really like the show, it's really funny.. very sweet and awww.. some parts were really touching too.. oh well when i finish a whole drama serial, i'm back to reality once more :) there's always this emptiness that comes with it, isnt it?
i met this japanese couple at city hall mrt station on friday.
the man was queueing up at the ticket machine a couple of people in front of me, but he kept allowing them to go ahead so as to observe how they buy the standard ticket but most people were there to top up their farecard.. so he wasnt sure how to do it.. until it was my turn.. i kinda just went up to him and asked if he needed help.. n w my poorly structured jap sentenses.. we could have some form of communication and he manage to get his tix :) glad to be of help..
it really wont be such a big deal to me if my tutor didnt had a japanese patient up in the ward at KRW..
every morning during rounds i would go into his room.. and see them, his wife looks really friendly and this really proficient translator would be doing her job.. i could more or less understand wat she says but there are certain words that's medically related that's not in my vocab yet.. and they way she speaks with good gramma and very polite . that impresses me.. i've been wanting to have a chat w the patient n his wife but was worried of being impolite and i have no business to disturb patients in the paying class wards anyway so haha just didnt get down to try to commuicate with them.. and after friday's wardrounds.. i wont see them ever again cause he'll b discharged.. and to think i met another japanese couple on friday nite. wat a coincidence.
the man was queueing up at the ticket machine a couple of people in front of me, but he kept allowing them to go ahead so as to observe how they buy the standard ticket but most people were there to top up their farecard.. so he wasnt sure how to do it.. until it was my turn.. i kinda just went up to him and asked if he needed help.. n w my poorly structured jap sentenses.. we could have some form of communication and he manage to get his tix :) glad to be of help..
it really wont be such a big deal to me if my tutor didnt had a japanese patient up in the ward at KRW..
every morning during rounds i would go into his room.. and see them, his wife looks really friendly and this really proficient translator would be doing her job.. i could more or less understand wat she says but there are certain words that's medically related that's not in my vocab yet.. and they way she speaks with good gramma and very polite . that impresses me.. i've been wanting to have a chat w the patient n his wife but was worried of being impolite and i have no business to disturb patients in the paying class wards anyway so haha just didnt get down to try to commuicate with them.. and after friday's wardrounds.. i wont see them ever again cause he'll b discharged.. and to think i met another japanese couple on friday nite. wat a coincidence.
土曜日, 9月 02, 2006
end of wk 2 of surg posting
being in the hpb team was very exciting and i think my tutor is really quite nice. Although I had heard alot of stories about him before i started the week with him, it didnt really quite turn out that way.
My tutor taught me from step1 how to scrub in and got me to follow him step by step and later allowed me to join the a laproscopic cholecystectomy and even let me try to put the gallbladder into the plastic bag although i couldnt really do it properly.. n he said i cant b a surgeon with that kinda skill... haa oh well he wasnt the first to say that.
then there was the staying back every night to read case files as i had to know all the patients on his team list well, and present about them on friday.. i was really stressed throughout the whole week and didnt really sleep very well especially on thursday night. sigh. but it was good training i guess.. and i learnt quite abit about the management of some conditions. thanx peiyun for staying back with me and helping me copy case files.
then there was chasing a patient into the ot.. to clerk him but well i was asked to go ahead and clerk him even though he was under GA... haiz thanx ar dr cheong.. and the anesthetist told me he would be really afraid if the patient started talking to me.. it was quite exciting to have tutorial in an ot.. do a pr examination to feel a ca and feel the ca aft the colon was resected.. and yea i was allowed to remove stones from the gallbladder too.
and friday came and went. the presentation went ok, cause i kinda got the patients figured out but i feel quite bad disappointing my tutor, he really expected more and i did too, of myself but i fell short of it i guess. but he was really nice about it and he calls me his mafan "daughter" haha
the whole team's really nice with the nice, well most of it at least and we got a free pizza treat from a patient who was very grateful to have recovered under their care.
i was totally drained by end of ward rounds on friday... but pbl was exciting and fun i must say. like py said, it makes so much more sense now..
at the end of friday.. i was glad huay organize a meeting at timbre.. haa need a drink to let me sleep well and wake up feeling good.
met a couple of her frens from nottingham and drank like 3 glasses? the berry daiquiri is still serene's fav but pls remind me never to order the apple martini ever again.. it was so disappointing.. something similar to the taste of cough syrup? bleagh
anyway the music was good.. as usual but there was this other band who played that was q entertaining.. funnily entertaining and as usual we got q high laugh and stupid things.. it was a good nite out i guess.. miss huayu and to date it's probably our first drink together.. minus the time we got free beer at the country club because it was her birthday... i rem that time i couldnt really drink yet.. haa that seemed like a really long time ago.
i really must apologize for dozing off and getting everyone lost on my way home.. got onto tpe sle instead of tpe pie.. sorry sorry.. especially to huay who drove me back even after she reached her doorstep first. ;( it was 1am+ and i got everyone reaching home much later than we all should have. but thnx huay for the ride. really :)
it was a nice cooling nite to remember.
today we had a farewell dinner for caleb.. he'll b off to taiwan for 1/2 year? or maybe more.. glad to have known this fren and senior.. from the YN '04 trip.. i had been fun :) hope he feel happy over there... n may it b an adventure.. like wat bernard said.
my mum told me alot of stuff over the phone today.. i cant agree more and by agreeing i cant say much as well. because i'm at fault.
i really am.
i'm such a disappointment.
being in the hpb team was very exciting and i think my tutor is really quite nice. Although I had heard alot of stories about him before i started the week with him, it didnt really quite turn out that way.
My tutor taught me from step1 how to scrub in and got me to follow him step by step and later allowed me to join the a laproscopic cholecystectomy and even let me try to put the gallbladder into the plastic bag although i couldnt really do it properly.. n he said i cant b a surgeon with that kinda skill... haa oh well he wasnt the first to say that.
then there was the staying back every night to read case files as i had to know all the patients on his team list well, and present about them on friday.. i was really stressed throughout the whole week and didnt really sleep very well especially on thursday night. sigh. but it was good training i guess.. and i learnt quite abit about the management of some conditions. thanx peiyun for staying back with me and helping me copy case files.
then there was chasing a patient into the ot.. to clerk him but well i was asked to go ahead and clerk him even though he was under GA... haiz thanx ar dr cheong.. and the anesthetist told me he would be really afraid if the patient started talking to me.. it was quite exciting to have tutorial in an ot.. do a pr examination to feel a ca and feel the ca aft the colon was resected.. and yea i was allowed to remove stones from the gallbladder too.
and friday came and went. the presentation went ok, cause i kinda got the patients figured out but i feel quite bad disappointing my tutor, he really expected more and i did too, of myself but i fell short of it i guess. but he was really nice about it and he calls me his mafan "daughter" haha
the whole team's really nice with the nice, well most of it at least and we got a free pizza treat from a patient who was very grateful to have recovered under their care.
i was totally drained by end of ward rounds on friday... but pbl was exciting and fun i must say. like py said, it makes so much more sense now..
at the end of friday.. i was glad huay organize a meeting at timbre.. haa need a drink to let me sleep well and wake up feeling good.
met a couple of her frens from nottingham and drank like 3 glasses? the berry daiquiri is still serene's fav but pls remind me never to order the apple martini ever again.. it was so disappointing.. something similar to the taste of cough syrup? bleagh
anyway the music was good.. as usual but there was this other band who played that was q entertaining.. funnily entertaining and as usual we got q high laugh and stupid things.. it was a good nite out i guess.. miss huayu and to date it's probably our first drink together.. minus the time we got free beer at the country club because it was her birthday... i rem that time i couldnt really drink yet.. haa that seemed like a really long time ago.
i really must apologize for dozing off and getting everyone lost on my way home.. got onto tpe sle instead of tpe pie.. sorry sorry.. especially to huay who drove me back even after she reached her doorstep first. ;( it was 1am+ and i got everyone reaching home much later than we all should have. but thnx huay for the ride. really :)
it was a nice cooling nite to remember.
today we had a farewell dinner for caleb.. he'll b off to taiwan for 1/2 year? or maybe more.. glad to have known this fren and senior.. from the YN '04 trip.. i had been fun :) hope he feel happy over there... n may it b an adventure.. like wat bernard said.
my mum told me alot of stuff over the phone today.. i cant agree more and by agreeing i cant say much as well. because i'm at fault.
i really am.
i'm such a disappointment.
日曜日, 8月 27, 2006
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEIYUN! :) last of the gang to join adulthood and haa haf bad influences tt buy u drinks! anyway may the 21st year of ur life be a fantastic one! :) stay happy! ~*
A fren i've known almost 9years (this coming dec) been in the same class frm sec1-4 n now in med sch... we haf got our differences, good and bad times, but glad to have come this far and still be great frens :) i'll definitely be hopelessly lost in sch/hospitals w/o her because of my lousy sense of direction. hope we can tahan thru med sch and work together towards our goals :D jiayou ya! an invaluable member of gang too, to keep us crazy pple grounded la.. always helping me keep focus. May ur bdae wishes come true.
a couple of minutes more b4 tuition starts..
the first week of surgery has passed. I'm totally drained. I really tired everyday cant do much reading, just konking out soon after i get home. Altho in that way i sleep quite abit but i'll get nightmares and stuff. btw just woke up from another one. shit. sigh.
monday had us all looking lost after the briefing before we managed to contact doc R frm the colorectal team. tt's the team me and py's attached to this week.
managed to go to the scope room and did 5 PRs at 1 shote... we could do it on everyone who came in :) dr S and dr R are really willing to teach us, and it was fun. It generally feels abit more exciting than medicine, the gungho doctors who maneouver the colonscope and yea some screaming patients. must have been uncomfortable.
lec was at 5-6 and going home at tt time was terrible. 95 is damn crowded and it's almost impossible to get on to the 1st bus u see.
we run to and fro cme sessions which can be quite exciting, hearing discussions of OPs and patients and radiological findings.
tuesday was short w pharmaco malay n minster's talk and i ended up reaching home nearing 11.. and missing my piano class AGAIN. this tue has the dean's talk at 6.. wat time ll it end? can i reach tampines by 8? this is ridiculous. i've been trying to find time to go piano classes.. and the school fees are actually rising, up to 80+ per mth, and i missing 20+/lesson like nobody's business.. no wonder my bank account seem to be shrinking exponentially. i kinda contemplated giving it up but oh well watching MNIKSS on tv and seeing how nice it is to learn it.. i kinda dont wanna give up just lidat.. but wat can i do sia? i can barely cope w school and school just dont seem to end on time. :(
wed was more exciting w a tutorial at the ICU ward and we went into OT for the first time.. were really quite loss haa but it was very exciting experience.. stood there for 3+ hr watching an anterior resection of a rectosigmoid carcinoma from a patient whom we manage to talk to the next day. it was a laproscopic surgery at the beginning but converted to using a handport in the end as the lower margin of the tumor is hard to determine from outside just laproscopically.. the nurses in there got me and py a stool to get a good view (thnx) and dr R was there giving a running commentary for us.. thnx so much! then we went off to dr A's clinic and learnt quite abit too..
thursday was a day we clerked quite a few patients and had nite call.. not as much new admissions as when we followed RC in AH but the HOs were really nice and taught us alot of things.. saw a couple of cases and went home..
oh ya and i feel down right in the middle of the food court beside some pple having their meals because of my shoe that lack friction.. haa i scare the poor patient and her family... n was q apologectic about it. O_o" and my polar puff few out of my hand scattering its filling all over and the cleaner uncle had to help me clean it up :p damn paiseh lor and he even came over to make sure i was ok after my fall.. haizzz
friday started off bad too i must say.. saw a pt in High dependency ward and went to clinic.. halfway in clinic i was shock to find tt i was actually holding a blue clipboard and to my horror i saw a pt's sticker on the top right hand corner and IT WAS HIS 4HOURLY PARAMETER CHART! omg. wat have i done? i was still trying to comfort myself that there's still 1+hr before 12, before the next time the nurse had to document something may no one ll realize tt it's gone. I WAS WRONG.. as i rushed back from KRW to the mainbuilding, as i was approaching the glass door there was already a nurse there waiting for me.. before i reached the glass door she pointed at the clipboard in my hands w horror and i knew it. jit pai si liao. haa i handed it back to her and went in to apologize nonstop to everyone... the docs were actually looking for it cause a pt must be quite ill to b in a HD ward right? haizz wat have i done. in the ward another nurse and a doc aft they realized wat i did, just couldnt stop laughing.. but i was shot a dirty and stern look from another doc who didnt seem q amused by my stupidity.
sigh. dr A and nurse S laughed q abit too when i return to the clinic and told them.
n i fell down AGAIN. as i was rushing to the grand hospital round, no one saw except py la.. so haaa
n we kinda joined dr G tutorial by accident and he was a good tutor... i came home early on fri i think and indulged in watching alot of tv cause i feel damn tired but this is no good :( must try to control sia.. ok it's 10 and my tutees are coming soon!
one more day to a brand new week w hepatobiliary w dr C.. i heard too many not so nice stories abt him. haiz hope all goes well because i'm all alone w tt team :( but well he seem like a good teacher so we see how it goes la.
the first week of surgery has passed. I'm totally drained. I really tired everyday cant do much reading, just konking out soon after i get home. Altho in that way i sleep quite abit but i'll get nightmares and stuff. btw just woke up from another one. shit. sigh.
monday had us all looking lost after the briefing before we managed to contact doc R frm the colorectal team. tt's the team me and py's attached to this week.
managed to go to the scope room and did 5 PRs at 1 shote... we could do it on everyone who came in :) dr S and dr R are really willing to teach us, and it was fun. It generally feels abit more exciting than medicine, the gungho doctors who maneouver the colonscope and yea some screaming patients. must have been uncomfortable.
lec was at 5-6 and going home at tt time was terrible. 95 is damn crowded and it's almost impossible to get on to the 1st bus u see.
we run to and fro cme sessions which can be quite exciting, hearing discussions of OPs and patients and radiological findings.
tuesday was short w pharmaco malay n minster's talk and i ended up reaching home nearing 11.. and missing my piano class AGAIN. this tue has the dean's talk at 6.. wat time ll it end? can i reach tampines by 8? this is ridiculous. i've been trying to find time to go piano classes.. and the school fees are actually rising, up to 80+ per mth, and i missing 20+/lesson like nobody's business.. no wonder my bank account seem to be shrinking exponentially. i kinda contemplated giving it up but oh well watching MNIKSS on tv and seeing how nice it is to learn it.. i kinda dont wanna give up just lidat.. but wat can i do sia? i can barely cope w school and school just dont seem to end on time. :(
wed was more exciting w a tutorial at the ICU ward and we went into OT for the first time.. were really quite loss haa but it was very exciting experience.. stood there for 3+ hr watching an anterior resection of a rectosigmoid carcinoma from a patient whom we manage to talk to the next day. it was a laproscopic surgery at the beginning but converted to using a handport in the end as the lower margin of the tumor is hard to determine from outside just laproscopically.. the nurses in there got me and py a stool to get a good view (thnx) and dr R was there giving a running commentary for us.. thnx so much! then we went off to dr A's clinic and learnt quite abit too..
thursday was a day we clerked quite a few patients and had nite call.. not as much new admissions as when we followed RC in AH but the HOs were really nice and taught us alot of things.. saw a couple of cases and went home..
oh ya and i feel down right in the middle of the food court beside some pple having their meals because of my shoe that lack friction.. haa i scare the poor patient and her family... n was q apologectic about it. O_o" and my polar puff few out of my hand scattering its filling all over and the cleaner uncle had to help me clean it up :p damn paiseh lor and he even came over to make sure i was ok after my fall.. haizzz
friday started off bad too i must say.. saw a pt in High dependency ward and went to clinic.. halfway in clinic i was shock to find tt i was actually holding a blue clipboard and to my horror i saw a pt's sticker on the top right hand corner and IT WAS HIS 4HOURLY PARAMETER CHART! omg. wat have i done? i was still trying to comfort myself that there's still 1+hr before 12, before the next time the nurse had to document something may no one ll realize tt it's gone. I WAS WRONG.. as i rushed back from KRW to the mainbuilding, as i was approaching the glass door there was already a nurse there waiting for me.. before i reached the glass door she pointed at the clipboard in my hands w horror and i knew it. jit pai si liao. haa i handed it back to her and went in to apologize nonstop to everyone... the docs were actually looking for it cause a pt must be quite ill to b in a HD ward right? haizz wat have i done. in the ward another nurse and a doc aft they realized wat i did, just couldnt stop laughing.. but i was shot a dirty and stern look from another doc who didnt seem q amused by my stupidity.
sigh. dr A and nurse S laughed q abit too when i return to the clinic and told them.
n i fell down AGAIN. as i was rushing to the grand hospital round, no one saw except py la.. so haaa
n we kinda joined dr G tutorial by accident and he was a good tutor... i came home early on fri i think and indulged in watching alot of tv cause i feel damn tired but this is no good :( must try to control sia.. ok it's 10 and my tutees are coming soon!
one more day to a brand new week w hepatobiliary w dr C.. i heard too many not so nice stories abt him. haiz hope all goes well because i'm all alone w tt team :( but well he seem like a good teacher so we see how it goes la.
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