It's been ages since i blogged..
My last blog was during my very first internship posting _ Community Medicine, and now i'm in my very last posting - Obs & Gyn..
It's been exactly 10 months!!
Does my blog still appear relevant when everyone else is super into Mark Zuckernberg product or just about tweeting around.. Who would still want to purposely open a blog page when every updates of friends and followers can be shown right in one big full screen in front of us??
Well, i myself personally love Facebook.. It's an awesome way to connect my social network, and the most important thing is that every single one is using it, how could i lose out? But, one thing i find annoying is the 'status updates', where everyone post just about anything from what u thinking, what u did, what u saw, what u play, what you re-share, what you listen to, what apps you using etc etc etc.. it just freaking flooded many of my other important updates which i so often missed..
Then, there're ppl who find Tweeter being more relevant in terms of privacy and controlled status updates..you post a thought, or many many thoughts a day, and ppl who follow you see it and re-tweet on it.. But for me, 140 words is just too little too less.. i cant really convey my ideas properly, and if it's in 140 words, the whole thing look hollow and inaccurate, plus having to wait for ppl to follow or follow others is just another nuisance for me.
Yes, every time i blogged, it took me more than an hour per post.. it's a BIG commitment to post a blog.. but i find myself 'publishing' in better words - more profound, more refined.. yes, my ideas might not be as wide spread among my friends as in FB, but in FB, my post appears only to my 'friends', but in Blog, my product goes to hundreds or thousands of eyes around the world.. Am i such a bragger to become famous?? Not at all, and i hardly care.. but there are instances when ppl i do not know found me and befriended me, or ppl whom i expected the least to read my blog actually find some of it really informative and helpful..
So, now on, i decided to use my blog as a mini tweet, to continue spreading my daily life and ideas and activities, but with a much lesser commitment in terms of quantity but more in frequency, as in, i will write in short passages, not long long essay which i used to.
See, i'd never intended to write such long post this time round, but i just can't help it.. Now you understand why Tweeter never appealed to me at all...
Social e-networking had evolved so much in past few short years and had gotten ppl very very much involved with the whole internet thingy.. From Blogger, My Space, Yahoo Group, to the famous Friendster, to the India famous Orkut, to Facebook, then Tweeter and so on..Who need to hang out with friend for a drink or play some games out under the sun or rain and waste petrol to drive out or use up energy walking and talking when you can just sit in front of the desk and be extremely acquainted to every single latest news and happenings and rumors?? Is human being truly becoming more electrified and dull? i certainly do think so..
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
It's been ages since i blogged..
My last blog was during my very first internship posting _ Community Medicine, and now i'm in my very last posting - Obs & Gyn..
It's been exactly 10 months!!
Does my blog still appear relevant when everyone else is super into Mark Zuckernberg product or just about tweeting around.. Who would still want to purposely open a blog page when every updates of friends and followers can be shown right in one big full screen in front of us??
Well, i myself personally love Facebook.. It's an awesome way to connect my social network, and the most important thing is that every single one is using it, how could i lose out? But, one thing i find annoying is the 'status updates', where everyone post just about anything from what u thinking, what u did, what u saw, what u play, what you re-share, what you listen to, what apps you using etc etc etc.. it just freaking flooded many of my other important updates which i so often missed..
Then, there're ppl who find Tweeter being more relevant in terms of privacy and controlled status updates..you post a thought, or many many thoughts a day, and ppl who follow you see it and re-tweet on it.. But for me, 140 words is just too little too less.. i cant really convey my ideas properly, and if it's in 140 words, the whole thing look hollow and inaccurate, plus having to wait for ppl to follow or follow others is just another nuisance for me.
Yes, every time i blogged, it took me more than an hour per post.. it's a BIG commitment to post a blog.. but i find myself 'publishing' in better words - more profound, more refined.. yes, my ideas might not be as wide spread among my friends as in FB, but in FB, my post appears only to my 'friends', but in Blog, my product goes to hundreds or thousands of eyes around the world.. Am i such a bragger to become famous?? Not at all, and i hardly care.. but there are instances when ppl i do not know found me and befriended me, or ppl whom i expected the least to read my blog actually find some of it really informative and helpful..
So, now on, i decided to use my blog as a mini tweet, to continue spreading my daily life and ideas and activities, but with a much lesser commitment in terms of quantity but more in frequency, as in, i will write in short passages, not long long essay which i used to.
See, i'd never intended to write such long post this time round, but i just can't help it.. Now you understand why Tweeter never appealed to me at all...
Social e-networking had evolved so much in past few short years and had gotten ppl very very much involved with the whole internet thingy.. From Blogger, My Space, Yahoo Group, to the famous Friendster, to the India famous Orkut, to Facebook, then Tweeter and so on..Who need to hang out with friend for a drink or play some games out under the sun or rain and waste petrol to drive out or use up energy walking and talking when you can just sit in front of the desk and be extremely acquainted to every single latest news and happenings and rumors?? Is human being truly becoming more electrified and dull? i certainly do think so..
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
A Day In The Life (Community Medicine postings)
Woke up, got out of bed,
Brush a wax across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
Wore my shirt and grabbed my bag
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and put on my shade
Plug in the earphone and I went into a dream
Reach Ullal, signed my name
Sit down there and bore myself
Patients came, tell their complaints
I gave them drugs and off they went
Power went off and the fan stopped
Wet my shirts and flood my brain
Read a book and kill my time
Found myself gain nothing everyday
It's 4.30 and off i left
Reach my house in an hour
Throw my bag and bath myself
Jump on the bed and again went into a dream
Can't read their mind, dun speak their tongue,
Bad facilities, frequent power down
Simply diagnose, prescribe for fun
Suffer and being uncomfortable for Rs1500 per month
P/s: Community service is definitely not my thing. I find this one month of rural community postings utterly useless and time wasting. I don't see myself sacrifice for the illiterate villagers and get nothing back. I would prefer sitting in an A/C room, enjoying my time, take few patients but take my own sweet time, do the job properly and charge a good amount.
(Updated 1/5/10) At last this uncivilized, useless, boring and time wasting posting is over.. No more stupid medical officer, no more power cuts, no more bad food, no more travelling.. The whole posting in juz utterly wrong in all senses. Without protocol, ineffective drugs, illiterate patients, no gloves, no suture material, no spirit, bad MO, bad staffs etc..
At last, i'm now back to civilization. Am now posted in Atavar Hospital Medicine Unit IV, which is a very hectic unit.. So, i am gonna change my attitude towards this new posting and be interested and work hard, at the same time have fun.. (the "Fish" attitude)
Traveling on public bus everyday to and fro, it takes 30 minutes bus ride to reach Ullal from Mangalore, and i have to depart at 7.30am and come back only at 5pm. Indian buses sucks, super crowded and hot and smelly and noisy.
The scenery i see from Mangalore to Ullala
"essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full participation and at a cost that the community and the country can afford to maintain at every stage of their development in the spirit of self-determination"
Sitting at the hot and small OPD wasting time. Every of my colleague will be busy studying for the PG entrance exam while i alone will be there reading novels, play PSP or go to the dorm to take a nap. What a life!
Lunch break at the common room with my colleagues. Meals are prepared by a sister who're hired by the college.
A laparoscopic camp at which the duty doc did each sterilization case in just 3 mins, awesome!
Visit to Anganwadi to check the general health of small children in 'schools' around Ullal
Our dorm of which everyone of us are supposed to sleep at every nights.
But i couldn't stand the condition and the lack of A/C and numerous mosquitoes bites and the uncomfortableness of the beds, so i go back home everyday.
Had a party at Vijay's house in Ullala. Thanks for the foods and the hospitality..
Things Ullal is famous for - beaches
On the way home to Mangalore after a tiring day
Brush a wax across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
Wore my shirt and grabbed my bag
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and put on my shade
Plug in the earphone and I went into a dream
Reach Ullal, signed my name
Sit down there and bore myself
Patients came, tell their complaints
I gave them drugs and off they went
Power went off and the fan stopped
Wet my shirts and flood my brain
Read a book and kill my time
Found myself gain nothing everyday
It's 4.30 and off i left
Reach my house in an hour
Throw my bag and bath myself
Jump on the bed and again went into a dream
Can't read their mind, dun speak their tongue,
Bad facilities, frequent power down
Simply diagnose, prescribe for fun
Suffer and being uncomfortable for Rs1500 per month
P/s: Community service is definitely not my thing. I find this one month of rural community postings utterly useless and time wasting. I don't see myself sacrifice for the illiterate villagers and get nothing back. I would prefer sitting in an A/C room, enjoying my time, take few patients but take my own sweet time, do the job properly and charge a good amount.
(Updated 1/5/10) At last this uncivilized, useless, boring and time wasting posting is over.. No more stupid medical officer, no more power cuts, no more bad food, no more travelling.. The whole posting in juz utterly wrong in all senses. Without protocol, ineffective drugs, illiterate patients, no gloves, no suture material, no spirit, bad MO, bad staffs etc..
At last, i'm now back to civilization. Am now posted in Atavar Hospital Medicine Unit IV, which is a very hectic unit.. So, i am gonna change my attitude towards this new posting and be interested and work hard, at the same time have fun.. (the "Fish" attitude)
Traveling on public bus everyday to and fro, it takes 30 minutes bus ride to reach Ullal from Mangalore, and i have to depart at 7.30am and come back only at 5pm. Indian buses sucks, super crowded and hot and smelly and noisy.
The scenery i see from Mangalore to Ullala
"essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full participation and at a cost that the community and the country can afford to maintain at every stage of their development in the spirit of self-determination"
Sitting at the hot and small OPD wasting time. Every of my colleague will be busy studying for the PG entrance exam while i alone will be there reading novels, play PSP or go to the dorm to take a nap. What a life!
Lunch break at the common room with my colleagues. Meals are prepared by a sister who're hired by the college.
A laparoscopic camp at which the duty doc did each sterilization case in just 3 mins, awesome!
Visit to Anganwadi to check the general health of small children in 'schools' around Ullal
Our dorm of which everyone of us are supposed to sleep at every nights.
But i couldn't stand the condition and the lack of A/C and numerous mosquitoes bites and the uncomfortableness of the beds, so i go back home everyday.
Had a party at Vijay's house in Ullala. Thanks for the foods and the hospitality..
Things Ullal is famous for - beaches
On the way home to Mangalore after a tiring dayThursday, March 04, 2010
Slippery When Wet
I had been suffering from hyperhidrosis for the past 20 years or so.
Hyperhidrosis = abnormal excessive perspiration, in excess of that required for regulation of body temperature. Most common sites being palms and sole. My problem is whenever i'm exposed to hot weather, my palm and sole will sweat profusely non stop for the whole day till i sleep at night.
I can still vividly remember how i have to put a tissue paper under my palm whenever i'm in a drawing competition; use a handkerchief when i write my homework and exams; made the keyboard, mouse & gamepad soaking and sticky after i use them; my guitar strings rust 10X faster than my friend's; and more recently, having trouble while examining patients; totally wet the hand glove when i wear them; plus not to mention all the social frustration in having difficulty shaking hands and holding hands.
Hyperhidrosis is a very common problems affecting around 3% of the population, and i myself have few friends suffering from this also.
Recently around 1 year back, i got to know that hyperhidrosis is treatable, and the ultimate cure is by surgery. That discovery is like a light in my life. I can now hope to actually get rid of all these above mentioned trouble once and for all! The surgery is called Endoscopic Thoraco Sympathectomy, which is minimal invasive surgery using laparascope to remove bilaterally the T2 nerve. Also, I stumbled upon an useful website called Wet Hands Club. It is a social website set up by all the hyperhidrosis sufferers in Malaysia and have all the information one needs to know. From there, i got to contact a doctor (Dr. Jasmi) in HUKM. I started emailing him about the possibility of getting the surgery done and he always answered me promptly without fail. After that, I also got to know he transferred to Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital. My plan was to do the surgery in this long vacation of mine.
After i knew i passed my Final year MBBS, i wanted my parents to 'award' me with the surgery. I really need it for my internship. I had a really hard time convincing my parents to do it. . They were very worried bout the complications such as Horner's syndrome, rebound sweating etc. Besides, the cost of the surgery is expected to be around 10k, which is a large amount. After non stop of explanation and insistence by me, on this Sunday, they finally agreed on it.
On Monday morning, my awesome dad drove me all the way to KL to Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital to see Dr. Jasmi. Dr. Jasmi is an energetic, cheerful, middle aged professor. He quickly explained to me the procedure and all the necessary things to me as i'd knew most of the things by that time already. He also promised he would help me reduce the cost as much as possible as i'm not covered by any insurance. He said he'll not use the disposable trocar for laparoscopy as that itself cost RM2k. He'll also ask the assistants to use as least disposable item as possible to reduce the fee. He told me instead of access through the axilla, he prefer to access through the back around the scapula as it is easier to perform and with less complication to the lung, just that the scar is more apparent. That day, I was immediately admitted. On that whole day, i had nothing to do after a simple blood test, and my dad and I walked around at Ampang Point and had the famous Ampang yongtoufu nearby.
The next morning, i was the first case to be operated. I changed into OT gown, was shifted into the OT at 10.30am, and then the anesthesiologist put me under GA, and off i went into a dream. When i woke up at 11.45, i found myself having dyspnoea due to the GA side effect. My back has some vague pain and i couldn't move at all. After 1 hour in the post op, I was then shifted back to my ward. As time goes by, the pain at the back became more apparent as the analgesic worn off. I continued to be in drowsy mooed and slept till around 4pm, then only i felt my breathing was better and the pain at the back became less. I could walked around a bit, woke up to pass my first urine after the surgery, and after a while, Dr, Jasmi came to see me. He also gave me the specimen of both my T2 ganglion (sending the specimens for confirmation is another amount of money, which he think is not required as he's 100% sure that are the nerve tissue). He also gave me a DVD of the recorded laparoscopic procedure for me to watch.
The next day, on Wednesday morning, Dr. Jasmi came again saying that i can be discharged. He removed the bandaged on my back to reveal 6 bullets-like holes. Then he sprayed some glue so that i could take bath, and asked me to go to any hospital in Kuantan to remove the suture a week later. By 11am, all the payment and discharge procedure has been settled by my dad and off we depart back to Kuantan. (I was really glad that in the end, the fee of the surgery is even less than what we expected.) Throughout the 3 hour journey, i dare not rest on my back at the car seat because of the surgery wound. That whole day, even at home, though the weather is blazingly hot, my arms and soles do not sweat a bit. I was so so glad and relieved. Now on, i do not have to worry about all those frustration of my clammy hands anymore. I can sweat normally like other ppl at the back. I do not need to worry about sweaty hands whenever i'm exposed to sunlight.
Thank God the surgery went on successfully.
Thank you Dr. Jasmi for his specialty in endoscopic surgeries and also his understanding on our financial restrain.
Thanks my papa for his sacrifice in terms of energy, time, business, & money to accompany me for 3 days at the hospital.
Also thanks my mummy, Caryn, Caryn's mum for their constant concern.
Hyperhidrosis = abnormal excessive perspiration, in excess of that required for regulation of body temperature. Most common sites being palms and sole. My problem is whenever i'm exposed to hot weather, my palm and sole will sweat profusely non stop for the whole day till i sleep at night.
I can still vividly remember how i have to put a tissue paper under my palm whenever i'm in a drawing competition; use a handkerchief when i write my homework and exams; made the keyboard, mouse & gamepad soaking and sticky after i use them; my guitar strings rust 10X faster than my friend's; and more recently, having trouble while examining patients; totally wet the hand glove when i wear them; plus not to mention all the social frustration in having difficulty shaking hands and holding hands.
Hyperhidrosis is a very common problems affecting around 3% of the population, and i myself have few friends suffering from this also.
Recently around 1 year back, i got to know that hyperhidrosis is treatable, and the ultimate cure is by surgery. That discovery is like a light in my life. I can now hope to actually get rid of all these above mentioned trouble once and for all! The surgery is called Endoscopic Thoraco Sympathectomy, which is minimal invasive surgery using laparascope to remove bilaterally the T2 nerve. Also, I stumbled upon an useful website called Wet Hands Club. It is a social website set up by all the hyperhidrosis sufferers in Malaysia and have all the information one needs to know. From there, i got to contact a doctor (Dr. Jasmi) in HUKM. I started emailing him about the possibility of getting the surgery done and he always answered me promptly without fail. After that, I also got to know he transferred to Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital. My plan was to do the surgery in this long vacation of mine.
After i knew i passed my Final year MBBS, i wanted my parents to 'award' me with the surgery. I really need it for my internship. I had a really hard time convincing my parents to do it. . They were very worried bout the complications such as Horner's syndrome, rebound sweating etc. Besides, the cost of the surgery is expected to be around 10k, which is a large amount. After non stop of explanation and insistence by me, on this Sunday, they finally agreed on it.
On Monday morning, my awesome dad drove me all the way to KL to Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital to see Dr. Jasmi. Dr. Jasmi is an energetic, cheerful, middle aged professor. He quickly explained to me the procedure and all the necessary things to me as i'd knew most of the things by that time already. He also promised he would help me reduce the cost as much as possible as i'm not covered by any insurance. He said he'll not use the disposable trocar for laparoscopy as that itself cost RM2k. He'll also ask the assistants to use as least disposable item as possible to reduce the fee. He told me instead of access through the axilla, he prefer to access through the back around the scapula as it is easier to perform and with less complication to the lung, just that the scar is more apparent. That day, I was immediately admitted. On that whole day, i had nothing to do after a simple blood test, and my dad and I walked around at Ampang Point and had the famous Ampang yongtoufu nearby.
The next morning, i was the first case to be operated. I changed into OT gown, was shifted into the OT at 10.30am, and then the anesthesiologist put me under GA, and off i went into a dream. When i woke up at 11.45, i found myself having dyspnoea due to the GA side effect. My back has some vague pain and i couldn't move at all. After 1 hour in the post op, I was then shifted back to my ward. As time goes by, the pain at the back became more apparent as the analgesic worn off. I continued to be in drowsy mooed and slept till around 4pm, then only i felt my breathing was better and the pain at the back became less. I could walked around a bit, woke up to pass my first urine after the surgery, and after a while, Dr, Jasmi came to see me. He also gave me the specimen of both my T2 ganglion (sending the specimens for confirmation is another amount of money, which he think is not required as he's 100% sure that are the nerve tissue). He also gave me a DVD of the recorded laparoscopic procedure for me to watch.
The next day, on Wednesday morning, Dr. Jasmi came again saying that i can be discharged. He removed the bandaged on my back to reveal 6 bullets-like holes. Then he sprayed some glue so that i could take bath, and asked me to go to any hospital in Kuantan to remove the suture a week later. By 11am, all the payment and discharge procedure has been settled by my dad and off we depart back to Kuantan. (I was really glad that in the end, the fee of the surgery is even less than what we expected.) Throughout the 3 hour journey, i dare not rest on my back at the car seat because of the surgery wound. That whole day, even at home, though the weather is blazingly hot, my arms and soles do not sweat a bit. I was so so glad and relieved. Now on, i do not have to worry about all those frustration of my clammy hands anymore. I can sweat normally like other ppl at the back. I do not need to worry about sweaty hands whenever i'm exposed to sunlight.
Thank God the surgery went on successfully.
Thank you Dr. Jasmi for his specialty in endoscopic surgeries and also his understanding on our financial restrain.
Thanks my papa for his sacrifice in terms of energy, time, business, & money to accompany me for 3 days at the hospital.
Also thanks my mummy, Caryn, Caryn's mum for their constant concern.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Grace
It twas a long long time since i last blogged, firstly i do not have a computer with me for 2 months, secondly i am back in Malaysia and was busy with many things, traveled a bit during Chinese New Year and played lots of games at home on my new PC.
My results were out last week, and i miraculously passed. After i finished my exam, i thought i did my medicine paper 2 and the practicals very badly, and i know i do not deserve to pass. I even told the whole world i'm failing that subject and had started planning what to do with the extra 4 months of detainment in India. However, deep in my heart, i've got a feeling that God will bring me through somehow, but i dare not take for granted. Last week, while i was in 1 Utama shopping and was about to watch a movie (72 家租客) with my family, suddenly Caryn called me and told me i passed!!! I was super relieved hearing that, but i dunno how to celebrate, just continue with my shopping. Then when i met up with my parents, i even lied to them that i failed 2 subjects, their mood were totally spoil and my younger bro also started nagging at me. They even thought of not watching the movie. It was quite fun playing a fool at them.
We do not have any special particular celebration. Just went to Klang eat Bak Kut Teh the next morning; i bought a automatic Tissot watch for meself that's all. I wanted my parents to support me for an ETS surgery but till now they still had not agreed on it.
Anyway, i really thank God that i passed my Final Year exam. It was another personal experience of God's unfailing grace towards me. Many ppl told me i'm always super blessed and lucky in many things i do. It's like even though i worked less than ppl or had got into more troubles and caused many scenes, i still managed to get over it easily. This time, seeing so many of my friends failed, i feel really lucky. I love you Jesus. Thank you so much for watching over me and bring me through deep valleys
Now on, i'm officially out of my study life. I'll be going back India in March to start my internship and after 1 year, i'll be leaving India for good, and then only start the real nightmare of housemanship in Malaysia. So, i plan to enjoy to the max in this 1 year time and do as many extra curricular activities as possible. Ciao!!
My results were out last week, and i miraculously passed. After i finished my exam, i thought i did my medicine paper 2 and the practicals very badly, and i know i do not deserve to pass. I even told the whole world i'm failing that subject and had started planning what to do with the extra 4 months of detainment in India. However, deep in my heart, i've got a feeling that God will bring me through somehow, but i dare not take for granted. Last week, while i was in 1 Utama shopping and was about to watch a movie (72 家租客) with my family, suddenly Caryn called me and told me i passed!!! I was super relieved hearing that, but i dunno how to celebrate, just continue with my shopping. Then when i met up with my parents, i even lied to them that i failed 2 subjects, their mood were totally spoil and my younger bro also started nagging at me. They even thought of not watching the movie. It was quite fun playing a fool at them.
We do not have any special particular celebration. Just went to Klang eat Bak Kut Teh the next morning; i bought a automatic Tissot watch for meself that's all. I wanted my parents to support me for an ETS surgery but till now they still had not agreed on it.
Anyway, i really thank God that i passed my Final Year exam. It was another personal experience of God's unfailing grace towards me. Many ppl told me i'm always super blessed and lucky in many things i do. It's like even though i worked less than ppl or had got into more troubles and caused many scenes, i still managed to get over it easily. This time, seeing so many of my friends failed, i feel really lucky. I love you Jesus. Thank you so much for watching over me and bring me through deep valleys
Now on, i'm officially out of my study life. I'll be going back India in March to start my internship and after 1 year, i'll be leaving India for good, and then only start the real nightmare of housemanship in Malaysia. So, i plan to enjoy to the max in this 1 year time and do as many extra curricular activities as possible. Ciao!!
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Unplugged
I just finished my sessional exam today. Today's Surgery paper was just too shitty. Many of the question are so insignificant (as in it never came out in recent past years) till i don't even know what is it. Anyway, the battle is over as of now, but the war is still on. The final battle is in exactly one month time! In this one month, i must prepare myself mentally and physically and emotionally and spiritually equipped to face the battle. One month is not much at all, considering the number of books i have to "revise" and "remember". I must pass this final year exam!! i want to get rid of study life, once and for all (at least till my specialist course maybe). I dun wanna stay in this stupid India for another 6 months. One month of hardwork and no life! Just one month!!
This one month of study break will be further helped by the departure of my dear laptop. The Dell XPS M1530 has served me very well for the past 2 year (i still remember it reached me right on Christmas eve of 2007, it's the gift i bought for myself). Now, i'm getting tired of it not being able to play HD movies smoothly on my 22" LCD monitor. I think the extra resolution is too much for my nVidia 8600m GT graphic card. Also, those games that i bought can no longer be supported in full details and resolution (except 2004's Half-Life 2). Plus, i like to install all my favorite games in my hard disk, and 200GB for me is just way too little. Imagine my 1TB external HDD has 0% free space left. I need more power, more speed, more graphic rendering, more space (and obviously, more money).
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
So ya, i decided to list my laptop on eBay. Today, after 1 week of listing, it is sold for a whooping price of Rs 29500 (incl. shipment), which is roughly RM2100. It was a great deal, as it is exactly half of the original price of RM4500 2 years ago. I think it's a good way of getting the maximum out of laptop with the same value. See, i bought my first laptop Acer with RM4000, sold it after 2.5 yrs for half price, and i got this Dell with RM4500; now i sell it again for half price. I used the same RM4500 and get 2 laptops, at the same time have a powerful machine to keep up with my workload and gaming. Instead of buying a laptop, and wait for it to get spoil after 4 years, at the same time suffering from all the frustration of using slow and outdated machine. So tonight, i will be busy backing up my files, tomorrow reformat, pack it nicely and ship it with courier.
So, for the next 2 months, i wont be having a computer with me. I can study full time without any distractions. Besides, i can use the extra time i normally on exercising in my room and also play guitar, which is to me more healthy and less time consuming. I wont be able to keep up with latest football results, tech news, games releases, play facebook, chat thru webcam, or send emails (and obviously, wont be updating my blog for at least 2 long months). My iPod will play a BIG part in my life now, cz i can't live without music.
Homeward Bound
I will be going back home on 8th Feb 2010, till 12th Mac. I'd already bought my ticket online. I have all the plans i gonna do in this coming long holiday.
1) Build a new Small Form Factor gaming PC, costing nearly RM5k.
2) Exercise, or maybe go to gym to lose my tummy and build up muscle.
3) Have surgery on my hyperhidrosis problem (endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy), it'll cost around RM5k. I'd ask the doctors in HUKM, and he say i can do it at the OPD as day case.
4) Celebrate chinese new year 2010! Yo, the year of Tiger!!
5) Spend time with family and friends.
6) Eat, eat & eat.
6) Play all the PC games collection i bought: they're all greatest games of all time, all well worth buying and collecting and playing numerous times.
Hello Goodbye
That's all folks. This is it.
Say goodbye to my Dell XPS laptop. Say hello to my future super strong gaming SFF PC.
Say goodbye to surfing, chatting & gaming for 2 months. Say hello to textbooks.
Say goodbye to final year MBBS. Say hello to internship.
Say goodbye to India. Say hello to Malaysia.
This one month of study break will be further helped by the departure of my dear laptop. The Dell XPS M1530 has served me very well for the past 2 year (i still remember it reached me right on Christmas eve of 2007, it's the gift i bought for myself). Now, i'm getting tired of it not being able to play HD movies smoothly on my 22" LCD monitor. I think the extra resolution is too much for my nVidia 8600m GT graphic card. Also, those games that i bought can no longer be supported in full details and resolution (except 2004's Half-Life 2). Plus, i like to install all my favorite games in my hard disk, and 200GB for me is just way too little. Imagine my 1TB external HDD has 0% free space left. I need more power, more speed, more graphic rendering, more space (and obviously, more money).
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
So ya, i decided to list my laptop on eBay. Today, after 1 week of listing, it is sold for a whooping price of Rs 29500 (incl. shipment), which is roughly RM2100. It was a great deal, as it is exactly half of the original price of RM4500 2 years ago. I think it's a good way of getting the maximum out of laptop with the same value. See, i bought my first laptop Acer with RM4000, sold it after 2.5 yrs for half price, and i got this Dell with RM4500; now i sell it again for half price. I used the same RM4500 and get 2 laptops, at the same time have a powerful machine to keep up with my workload and gaming. Instead of buying a laptop, and wait for it to get spoil after 4 years, at the same time suffering from all the frustration of using slow and outdated machine. So tonight, i will be busy backing up my files, tomorrow reformat, pack it nicely and ship it with courier.
So, for the next 2 months, i wont be having a computer with me. I can study full time without any distractions. Besides, i can use the extra time i normally on exercising in my room and also play guitar, which is to me more healthy and less time consuming. I wont be able to keep up with latest football results, tech news, games releases, play facebook, chat thru webcam, or send emails (and obviously, wont be updating my blog for at least 2 long months). My iPod will play a BIG part in my life now, cz i can't live without music.
Homeward Bound
I will be going back home on 8th Feb 2010, till 12th Mac. I'd already bought my ticket online. I have all the plans i gonna do in this coming long holiday.
1) Build a new Small Form Factor gaming PC, costing nearly RM5k.
2) Exercise, or maybe go to gym to lose my tummy and build up muscle.
3) Have surgery on my hyperhidrosis problem (endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy), it'll cost around RM5k. I'd ask the doctors in HUKM, and he say i can do it at the OPD as day case.
4) Celebrate chinese new year 2010! Yo, the year of Tiger!!
5) Spend time with family and friends.
6) Eat, eat & eat.
6) Play all the PC games collection i bought: they're all greatest games of all time, all well worth buying and collecting and playing numerous times.
Hello Goodbye
That's all folks. This is it.
Say goodbye to my Dell XPS laptop. Say hello to my future super strong gaming SFF PC.
Say goodbye to surfing, chatting & gaming for 2 months. Say hello to textbooks.
Say goodbye to final year MBBS. Say hello to internship.
Say goodbye to India. Say hello to Malaysia.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
OK Computer
Many things crosses my mind whenever i'm too bored of studying.. I keep thinking of what i wanna do next year as an intern in my one last year in India. I wanna buy this buy that, take plenty of leaves and travel around India as much as possible, or even go to South Africa for World Cup..
Recently, i bought a 22" LCD monitor, Dell SP2208WFP. It's the monitor i've been eying for the past one year, and so far i'd not found any new monitor model better than that.. This model is way too good in terms of performance, features and value till it's being discontinued, and luckily i found a second hand one on eBay India. The monitor is 6 months old, hardly been used, and still look brand new without any problem. Actually i bought the same monitor in July when i was back in Msia, it's still unopened in my home and i'm supposed to bring it over next year, but then i decided against it and wanna get one more over here.. The reasons I wanna have a monitor are so that my desk will be cleaner and have more space for books,; i can watch my HD movies more comfortably; have a better desktop experience in my daily windows applications; and also due to peer pressure cause many of my friends in the hostel already have one.. The monitor cost me Rs9000 (RM650), and i'm really happy with its performance.
Recently, Liew's laptop died and while he was going to buy a Dell desktop, i advised him to buy all the parts separately and custom build one, which he did. His new PC cost around Rs80000 (which is almost the same price as the Dell desktop he's gonna buy here but more than doubled its performance). His PC is extremely powerful (with Intel Core i5 CPU, ATI Radeon 5850 GPU), and is undoubtedly the strongest in our whole hostel right now.
Now, my heart is pumping to build one for myself too. I'm really pissed with my 2 year-old Dell XPS 1530 laptop cause it can no longer support any of my games in native 1680x1050 monitor resolution smoothly, even watching HD movies lag sometimes.. All these while i was planning to buy a Alienware m15x next year, but when i think about the price of it (RM6500) and how well can it support new games in full details, i decided against it.. If i build a desktop myself, it'll only cost me less than RM4000, and i can assure it will support all future games in full details in the next 3 years and will not die on me for at least 5 years. It's totally a bargain compare to a laptop, considering laptop's life span of 3 years.. Average laptops has a 30% of total failure rate after 3 years, and also each manufacturer has different failure rate. Check this out:
My plan now is to sell my laptop in eBay India for around Rs30k, scrap my budget for a PS3 and its games which is another Rs30k, and use the money to build a Small Form Factor PC gaming machine. I want a really small and cool looking PC case cause i'm bored of those tower casing and it's more challenging and fun building a SFF PC. Also, i can easily bring it back to Malaysia when i leave this place. I'd already made a list of all the components that i'll be getting when i go back Malaysia, and i'm really looking forward to it. Below is Thermaltake Lanbox Lite and Lian-li PC-V351 small form factor casing which i'd been eying:
specs i have decided on:
CPU: Intel Core i5
RAM: G Skill 2000Mhz 4GB DDR3 Dual-Channel
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Maximus III Gene
PSU: Corsair HX620W
HDD: Western Digital 2TB Cavier Black
GPU: nVidia GTX 275
HSF: Noctua NH-U9B
So right now, my sole aim is to study well, do well for my exam and pass all subjects in one go, reward myself with a new PC, and then fully enjoy my last year in India as an intern.. May God bless me..
Recently, i bought a 22" LCD monitor, Dell SP2208WFP. It's the monitor i've been eying for the past one year, and so far i'd not found any new monitor model better than that.. This model is way too good in terms of performance, features and value till it's being discontinued, and luckily i found a second hand one on eBay India. The monitor is 6 months old, hardly been used, and still look brand new without any problem. Actually i bought the same monitor in July when i was back in Msia, it's still unopened in my home and i'm supposed to bring it over next year, but then i decided against it and wanna get one more over here.. The reasons I wanna have a monitor are so that my desk will be cleaner and have more space for books,; i can watch my HD movies more comfortably; have a better desktop experience in my daily windows applications; and also due to peer pressure cause many of my friends in the hostel already have one.. The monitor cost me Rs9000 (RM650), and i'm really happy with its performance.
Recently, Liew's laptop died and while he was going to buy a Dell desktop, i advised him to buy all the parts separately and custom build one, which he did. His new PC cost around Rs80000 (which is almost the same price as the Dell desktop he's gonna buy here but more than doubled its performance). His PC is extremely powerful (with Intel Core i5 CPU, ATI Radeon 5850 GPU), and is undoubtedly the strongest in our whole hostel right now.
Now, my heart is pumping to build one for myself too. I'm really pissed with my 2 year-old Dell XPS 1530 laptop cause it can no longer support any of my games in native 1680x1050 monitor resolution smoothly, even watching HD movies lag sometimes.. All these while i was planning to buy a Alienware m15x next year, but when i think about the price of it (RM6500) and how well can it support new games in full details, i decided against it.. If i build a desktop myself, it'll only cost me less than RM4000, and i can assure it will support all future games in full details in the next 3 years and will not die on me for at least 5 years. It's totally a bargain compare to a laptop, considering laptop's life span of 3 years.. Average laptops has a 30% of total failure rate after 3 years, and also each manufacturer has different failure rate. Check this out:
My plan now is to sell my laptop in eBay India for around Rs30k, scrap my budget for a PS3 and its games which is another Rs30k, and use the money to build a Small Form Factor PC gaming machine. I want a really small and cool looking PC case cause i'm bored of those tower casing and it's more challenging and fun building a SFF PC. Also, i can easily bring it back to Malaysia when i leave this place. I'd already made a list of all the components that i'll be getting when i go back Malaysia, and i'm really looking forward to it. Below is Thermaltake Lanbox Lite and Lian-li PC-V351 small form factor casing which i'd been eying:
specs i have decided on:
CPU: Intel Core i5
RAM: G Skill 2000Mhz 4GB DDR3 Dual-Channel
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Maximus III Gene
PSU: Corsair HX620W
HDD: Western Digital 2TB Cavier Black
GPU: nVidia GTX 275
HSF: Noctua NH-U9B
So right now, my sole aim is to study well, do well for my exam and pass all subjects in one go, reward myself with a new PC, and then fully enjoy my last year in India as an intern.. May God bless me..
Bitches Brew
Whenever i'm in my posting, the word 'bitch' and 'pussies' will keep lingering in my mind.. This is going to be my one last posting as a MBBS student, and it's Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and it is one load of a hell.. Everyday something stupid happens, some of us will get screwed by the "b****y" lady prof.. Things had gone from bad to worse again this morning, which i wont elaborate here.. I really hate OBG postings, and it had also made me lose some interest when i open my OBG books to study.. i really cant stand that almost all (except a few) OBG profs are so unpredictable and PMS all the time..
Our end posting exam will be on the 30th Nov, which is the latest among all the units.. Some units have even completed their end posting today and can concentrate fully on their preparation for sessional exam, but we're still stuck in this stupid posting. Every morning is filled with fear of getting late or get screwed out of nothing or losing attendance. Life sucks under OBG posting.. Even though i know this will be our one last moments of posting as a student, and we're supposed to treasure all the experiences that we have there, but still, every moment of the posting is like living with an unexpected timed bomb, it can explode any time..
My final sessional exam is exactly one week to go.. I realize there are so much more to study.. The text books are like never ending.. There are just too much things new to me.. Everyday, i'd spent most of my time studying like a bitch. I think this is the period my knowledge in medicine improved the most among all my 4 and a half years of the course.. One dilemma i'm having is that many times when i flip through the pages, even though i know the topic is not in the question bank, i will still read it thoroughly just for better understanding of the subjects and for future use. I know it's time wasting in the exam point of view, but i think that particular 'extra topics' are more important in my daily life, they're not those big diseases but they're cases of which i will encounter more... Actually if I'm going to be really exam oriented and analyze the past years well enough, I only need to cover half of the book to pass. However, by the time i become an intern, i will not understand or remember a single thing.. The most important part of medicine is understanding the basics, as many of my profs stressed on.. If you do not, then there's no way you'll succeed as a good doctor.. So now the irony comes.. I have only 1 month plus before my university exam, should i spend more time understanding the subjects, or be strictly exam oriented and memorize only the FAQs.. How i wish i have more time studying properly, and pass out being a doctor who know the subject well.. But then again, if i was given more time, will i be studying seriously, or will i be too relax and start fooling around? (which i think most likely i'll be the latter.)
One more thing is, i really hate this place. Many things over here pisses me off.. If i fail this uni exam, i'll have to stay for another 6 months. Yes, i'll be much better in my knowledge within the 6 extra months, plus i do not mind staying longer provided i have the money to spend and all the entertainment and friends that i have here; but on the other hand, I also want to pass out my exam in one go and leave this stupid place asap.. So ironic..
Also, my classes officially ended today, but i din go cz i'm too sleepy due to the mental pressure in posting. Now, i do not need to wear formal shirts, go to class via the crappy school bus, walk under the hot sun, and listen to boring lectures and seminars, or get scolded or thrown out due to misbehavior, just for the sake of attendance. To me, lectures are over-rated. To me, taking attendance is stupid and time wasting. To me, sleeping in class or reading other books is a student's right. To me, yawning is only a reflex to take in more oxygen. To me, chewing gum in class helps students to be awake. To me, morning classes are meant to be bunked. To me, wearing T-shirts and short pants in classroom is totally alright.
Who have attention span of 1 hour sitting quietly in the classroom? (except those really nerdy students). My attention span is only 30 mins max, after that i get restless. I think most of my time in lecture hall are spent on sleeping, or day dreaming, or studying by myself. I'll only pay attention if the lecturer is really good or the topic is interesting and important. Yes, now i no longer need to suffocate myself inside classrooms (hopefully in my whole life) anymore, woohoo!
"We don't need no education,"
"We don't need no thought control,"
"No dark sarcasm in the class room,"
"Teachers leave us kids alone!"
Our end posting exam will be on the 30th Nov, which is the latest among all the units.. Some units have even completed their end posting today and can concentrate fully on their preparation for sessional exam, but we're still stuck in this stupid posting. Every morning is filled with fear of getting late or get screwed out of nothing or losing attendance. Life sucks under OBG posting.. Even though i know this will be our one last moments of posting as a student, and we're supposed to treasure all the experiences that we have there, but still, every moment of the posting is like living with an unexpected timed bomb, it can explode any time..
My final sessional exam is exactly one week to go.. I realize there are so much more to study.. The text books are like never ending.. There are just too much things new to me.. Everyday, i'd spent most of my time studying like a bitch. I think this is the period my knowledge in medicine improved the most among all my 4 and a half years of the course.. One dilemma i'm having is that many times when i flip through the pages, even though i know the topic is not in the question bank, i will still read it thoroughly just for better understanding of the subjects and for future use. I know it's time wasting in the exam point of view, but i think that particular 'extra topics' are more important in my daily life, they're not those big diseases but they're cases of which i will encounter more... Actually if I'm going to be really exam oriented and analyze the past years well enough, I only need to cover half of the book to pass. However, by the time i become an intern, i will not understand or remember a single thing.. The most important part of medicine is understanding the basics, as many of my profs stressed on.. If you do not, then there's no way you'll succeed as a good doctor.. So now the irony comes.. I have only 1 month plus before my university exam, should i spend more time understanding the subjects, or be strictly exam oriented and memorize only the FAQs.. How i wish i have more time studying properly, and pass out being a doctor who know the subject well.. But then again, if i was given more time, will i be studying seriously, or will i be too relax and start fooling around? (which i think most likely i'll be the latter.)
One more thing is, i really hate this place. Many things over here pisses me off.. If i fail this uni exam, i'll have to stay for another 6 months. Yes, i'll be much better in my knowledge within the 6 extra months, plus i do not mind staying longer provided i have the money to spend and all the entertainment and friends that i have here; but on the other hand, I also want to pass out my exam in one go and leave this stupid place asap.. So ironic..
Also, my classes officially ended today, but i din go cz i'm too sleepy due to the mental pressure in posting. Now, i do not need to wear formal shirts, go to class via the crappy school bus, walk under the hot sun, and listen to boring lectures and seminars, or get scolded or thrown out due to misbehavior, just for the sake of attendance. To me, lectures are over-rated. To me, taking attendance is stupid and time wasting. To me, sleeping in class or reading other books is a student's right. To me, yawning is only a reflex to take in more oxygen. To me, chewing gum in class helps students to be awake. To me, morning classes are meant to be bunked. To me, wearing T-shirts and short pants in classroom is totally alright.
Who have attention span of 1 hour sitting quietly in the classroom? (except those really nerdy students). My attention span is only 30 mins max, after that i get restless. I think most of my time in lecture hall are spent on sleeping, or day dreaming, or studying by myself. I'll only pay attention if the lecturer is really good or the topic is interesting and important. Yes, now i no longer need to suffocate myself inside classrooms (hopefully in my whole life) anymore, woohoo!
"We don't need no education,"
"We don't need no thought control,"
"No dark sarcasm in the class room,"
"Teachers leave us kids alone!"
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
The Name of The Game
Last night we had a small gaming session in Wilson's room.. He just only bought a PS3, and had instantly bought some latest games.. Warrie also brought his Street Fighter IV and FIFA 09 for us to play.. I was able to witness new games like Batman: Arkham Assylum, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Kill Zone 2, which are all awesome; Later at night, we all played FIFA 09 and SF4.. The whole night experience is just unforgettable, and made me feel sick of playing PES 2009 and my 'slow' Street Fighter IV i have installed in my laptop..
Now, i'm feeling something is missing in my life. I am missing FIFA 09, and looking forward to FIFA 10 (the first time in my life i rate FIFA higher than PES), and finally, i made up my mind to get a PS3 Slim, sooner or later.
After some long thinking, thorough research plus a bit of peer pressure, i'd concluded that PS3 console is a much better choice for gaming instead of a gaming PC. With PS3, one can do almost everything in terms of entertainment. You can play all the latest high end games without any lag, play online with friends, earn trophies, watch BluRay movies, use it as a media center to view photos and play music on HDTV, browse the internet etc etc.. Even solely for BluRay player purpose, PS3 is already super worthy compared to other expensive BluRay players on the market. The only short coming is that i have to buy original games for PS3, which cost around Rs 2-3k each..
However for PC, i have to upgrade my PC at least every 2 years to keep up with the latest games, and each upgrade will cost around Rs 20-30k (which is like the price of 10 PS3 games already), while a PS3 console only cost Rs 15k and it last for many many years.. For PC, even though i can get all pirated games free from torrent, but i will loss the privilege of trophies and online gaming.. That why, i myself do buy 'original' PC games as collections (cz ori games in India is dirt cheap). Besides, there are so many games that i can't play till today on my laptop, like GTA IV and Crysis, when other ppl with PS3 already finished those games long time back. In addition, PS3 has a lot of exclusive games, and also games which plays much better than the PC version.. Like the FIFA 09 and GTA IV, PS3 version beats PC version hands down..
The newly released PS3 Slim is 30% smaller, 30% lighter, less power consumption, offer 120GB hard disk, comes with DTS-HD MA and TrueHD technology for BluRay, at a much cheaper price ($299). What a steal!!!
If it wasn't because i'm now in my vital final year, i would have definitely bought one right now. But back to reality, study is still more important, and i just have to wait till next year internship to get it.. I think i will chuck my plan of changing my 2-year-old Dell XPS 1530 laptop, and get a PS3 instead, which offer so much more in gaming purpose and is also so so much cheaper than a buying a new high end laptop.
Be super patience Chee Chung, study hard, pass your final year and reward yourself with a PS3 next year..
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Medicine end posting
Tomorrow is my Medicine end posting exam... It'll be my last contact with Medicine before my final exam.. By this time, i'm supposed to be perfect in all aspects: CNS, CVS, Respi, Abdomen theories; elicit the signs; speak in Kanada, make summary of case; give differential diagnosis; know the treatment etc etc..
But still i feel i still dunno anything and cant even talk to patient.. Am i fit to be a doctor like this??
I often think why am i not in Malaysia where i can speak in my own languages and get more interest into medicine, instead of being stuck in India, facing aliens with their foreign language and also finding myself always super unwilling to be in the hospital cz of the stupid Wenlock shit plus urine plus detergent smell... aihhhh......
Dr. RV Bhat, MV Prabhu, Venugopal and 1 more prof will be coming for my group... they're mostly super nice person.. hopefully things turn out fine...
For the past 4 days, it's been raining non stop.. Monsoon is supposed to be over by now, but the second phase suddenly came out of no where... The reason??? Mother Earth is dying!!!!
Weather here is either extreme hot & sticky OR extreme wet & sticky.. they both sux.. Anyway, i still prefer rain to sun... i miss the weather in Europe when it's sunny hot but cooling, ahhhhh...
Saturday, July 18, 2009
The Perfect 10
Today i'm pissed after my OBG paper.. i studied and covered most important topics and only left out few small topics which i have no time to read, and they came out... Imagine the whole book of Obs n Gyn which they took 2 and half years to teach, shrink into 1 paper of 8 questions with total of 30 marks??? WTF!! i cant answer 3-4 questions, means it's literally doomed... Damn all those Obs n Gyn bitches who set the paper... They can continue live on with their excessive exposure to pussies and hormone imbalance (which explains all their their ultra stupid mood swings)
Today Michael Owen scored winning goal against Malaysia team during Man Utd Asia tour.. The match ended 3-2. And i read from news that Sir Alex Ferguson said Owen's goal is very good, a typical Owen goal with fast reflexes and an eye for the goal.. When i watched the highlights??? It was a rebound towards empty net... Come on, even i can score that!!
I still have a "Perfect 10" Owen poster in my room back home in Kuantan, wearing a Liverpool jersey... He was the reason i started watching football, more so supports Liverpool.. He was my favorite player, my perfect number 10.. But then he left to Madrid when Benitez came, fine, we won the Champion's League without you.. Then when i thought you were coming back the next season itself, Newcastle snatched you away with 16 mil, fine, your team u served for 3 years got relegated.. Now, to Man Utd? Fcuk!! As a true Reds legend, you go to our rival?? I was super pissed off and felt betrayed. Some more it's on a free transfer, and my Man Utd friends here all felt so proud they signed a classy finisher without paying a cent, a true deal.. Yeah right!! I know he can score few goals, but (luckily for us) he is no longer a player he once was.. He lost his pace, which was his biggest asset.. he lost his techniques, and also his physical approach... the only thing he's left now is his instinct in front of goal.. Fine, we shall see what Man Utd can get from him.. Next season Man Utd is fcuked.. Without Ronaldo, Tevez, their attacking strength is cut to half, plus Rooney is a "striker" who has to hide in the midfield cz he bloody can't score.. hope Owen get injured for more than half season, then continue to suck off Man Utd's 50k per week wages for him, and most importantly, do not score against Liverpool, the club that made him who he was....
No good luck to you, my childhood hero..
Friday, July 17, 2009
Singin' In The Rain
For the past 1 month, it had been raining and raining and raining.. I delight in rain, cz i really hate the hotness in Mangalore.. Rain make me feel comfortable wearing formals and white coat, help me save on air-con fee, prevent my palms from sweating, and gives me good night sleeps..
I'm singin' in the rain,
Just singin' in the rain.
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again.
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above,
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love,
...for love.
Let the stormy clouds chase
Ev'ryone from the place,
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face.
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
And singing,
Singing in the rain,
...in the rain.
Just singin' in the rain.
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again.
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above,
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love,
...for love.
Let the stormy clouds chase
Ev'ryone from the place,
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face.
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
And singing,
Singing in the rain,
...in the rain.
Having exam now... Tomorrow is my Obstetric & Gynaecology paper... Next Monday Surgery, then Wednesday Medicine, then on that day evening take flight to Bangalore, then 11pm fly to Singapore by Tiger airway, then fly to KL, then fly again to Kuantan (home sweet home)...
fast forward>>>> Then straight away go cut hair, then take photo, then do passport, then on Saturday go KL with family, then shop for suits and shoe and bag and buy new hand phone, then Monday go do Visa, then come back Ktn, then play here play there, shop here shop there, meet some friends, eat sleep at home fast forward>>>> then on Friday itself fly back to Bangalore, then Saturday fly Mangalore, and on that day itself i'll be back sitting at the same place facing my laptop in my hostel room...
What a "well planned" and foreseeable and hectic and useless holiday..
p/s: If not because of the expiring passport, i'll never go back Msia for the bloody 8 days vacation
Friday, July 10, 2009
Remember The Time
If you ask me which is my favourite music video of all time, chronologically i would say:
1. Thriller - Michael Jackson
2. Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
3. Black Or White - Michael Jackson
4. November Rain - Guns N Roses
5. One - Metallica
Top 3 spot goes to the King of Pop, who died last week, and his memorial service was held 2 days ago, so touching and emotional...
Without him, we would have no Pop.. We won't be hearing any pop songs of the 90's like Backstreet Boys, Westife, Robbie Williams, Spice Girls, Alanis Morisette, Avril Lavigne etc...
Without him, we have no Hip Hop/Rap.. There's be no Justin Timberlake, Black Eyed Peas, Outkast, Akon, Lauryn Hill, Eminem etc..
Without him, we will not see any black people singing and performing their vulgar and explicit songs in front of MTV.
Without him, we wont witness any dedicated dances and choreography, story-like, high cost music videos which graced the MTV...
Without him, we have no Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, Bad, Black Or White, Heal The World, You Are Not Alone; no moon-walk, robot dance, anti gravity lean, crotch-holding moves, powerful screech....
I liked Michael Jackson all these while.. I grew up watching his videos, and recently get to know more deeply about his songs and liked most of them... Every time i watch his videos, i will still be utterly amazed by the dances and my limbs will start moving around imitating his moves in vain. My favorite song of him - Billy Jean, where different instruments each playing individual tones, came together in perfect harmony, and then added in a voice and chorus so simple yet special, the end result is just awesome and you'll never get tired listening to.. I wished music today were like that...
To those who dislike Michael Jackson, saying he is a pedophile or a freak, shame on you for not knowing anything about music.... A person who really appreciate music will overlook all these stupid rumors and concentrate on his music and dances, or simply himself as a person..
p/s: here is one very gruelsome and interesting link bout his monstrous downfall process:
http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Jackson.html
A black, born in a time where blacks are looked down and discriminated most, as a super talented prodigy who, along with his brothers Jackson 5, touring around Motown to perform relentlessly, and then created his personal special moves, shot to stardom, broke the barrier between blacks and whites, stood up against racism, presented as a children loving figure, sold the most number of albums, and took the world of music into a whole new level...
All those negative news, to me, are just conspiracy towards him, as "South Park" says, to "bring down a damn rich black guy, out of jealousy"... Even if the news are true, so what? His nose falls off, so what? Waved his child at the balcony, so what?? A pedophile, so what??? Took plenty of drugs, so what? It's not like anyone from the music industry is a saint-like perfectly-nice person... The reason behind all these is merely "living around the wrong person and environment" It's a pity in the end he could not prevent himself from the 'downfall' of his own personal life...
However, I do not feel extremely sad for him dying at the age of 50.. Compare to Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Kobain, Freddy Mercury, Bruce Lee, who all died in a much more tragical way at a much younger age, when they have so much more yet to offer up in their sleeve, Michael had lived a longer life, and no longer contributing anything to the world. I thank him from the deepest of my heart for how he'd graced the music industry and gave us so many good music to listen to and watch at. He will be remembered forever...
1. Thriller - Michael Jackson
2. Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
3. Black Or White - Michael Jackson
4. November Rain - Guns N Roses
5. One - Metallica
Top 3 spot goes to the King of Pop, who died last week, and his memorial service was held 2 days ago, so touching and emotional...
Without him, we would have no Pop.. We won't be hearing any pop songs of the 90's like Backstreet Boys, Westife, Robbie Williams, Spice Girls, Alanis Morisette, Avril Lavigne etc...
Without him, we have no Hip Hop/Rap.. There's be no Justin Timberlake, Black Eyed Peas, Outkast, Akon, Lauryn Hill, Eminem etc..
Without him, we will not see any black people singing and performing their vulgar and explicit songs in front of MTV.
Without him, we wont witness any dedicated dances and choreography, story-like, high cost music videos which graced the MTV...
Without him, we have no Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, Bad, Black Or White, Heal The World, You Are Not Alone; no moon-walk, robot dance, anti gravity lean, crotch-holding moves, powerful screech....
I liked Michael Jackson all these while.. I grew up watching his videos, and recently get to know more deeply about his songs and liked most of them... Every time i watch his videos, i will still be utterly amazed by the dances and my limbs will start moving around imitating his moves in vain. My favorite song of him - Billy Jean, where different instruments each playing individual tones, came together in perfect harmony, and then added in a voice and chorus so simple yet special, the end result is just awesome and you'll never get tired listening to.. I wished music today were like that...
To those who dislike Michael Jackson, saying he is a pedophile or a freak, shame on you for not knowing anything about music.... A person who really appreciate music will overlook all these stupid rumors and concentrate on his music and dances, or simply himself as a person..
p/s: here is one very gruelsome and interesting link bout his monstrous downfall process:
http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Jackson.html
A black, born in a time where blacks are looked down and discriminated most, as a super talented prodigy who, along with his brothers Jackson 5, touring around Motown to perform relentlessly, and then created his personal special moves, shot to stardom, broke the barrier between blacks and whites, stood up against racism, presented as a children loving figure, sold the most number of albums, and took the world of music into a whole new level...
All those negative news, to me, are just conspiracy towards him, as "South Park" says, to "bring down a damn rich black guy, out of jealousy"... Even if the news are true, so what? His nose falls off, so what? Waved his child at the balcony, so what?? A pedophile, so what??? Took plenty of drugs, so what? It's not like anyone from the music industry is a saint-like perfectly-nice person... The reason behind all these is merely "living around the wrong person and environment" It's a pity in the end he could not prevent himself from the 'downfall' of his own personal life...
However, I do not feel extremely sad for him dying at the age of 50.. Compare to Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Kobain, Freddy Mercury, Bruce Lee, who all died in a much more tragical way at a much younger age, when they have so much more yet to offer up in their sleeve, Michael had lived a longer life, and no longer contributing anything to the world. I thank him from the deepest of my heart for how he'd graced the music industry and gave us so many good music to listen to and watch at. He will be remembered forever...
R.I.P. The King of Pop
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