April 27, 2008

trying..

drinking warm milk with honey
again...

again...
trying hard to fall asleep
tired but unwilling to sleep
hate to think on the bed
hate to flip up n down on the bed
just wish i could lie down..
close my eyes..
stop thinking..
fall asleep..
no dreams..
no worries..



does warm milk with honey really help?
i don't know.. maybe, psychologically
or maybe i really need chlorpheniramine? em?

trying hard to fall asleep?

April 24, 2008

Multi-religious

Today during class, we were given patients and were asked to do medical case report. I got this Patient X whom i found interesting.

During inquiry session, we found out that he is a christian, his wife is a judaist, and his daughter is a muslim. 3 of them consist a small multi-religious family, which i've never encountered before. And he drew this....

              

Besides that, we also found out that he has situs inversus totalis. This means that he has his heart on the right (dextrocardia) and his visceral organs mirrored from normal position!!! Imagine, auscultating on opposite sides, doing palpation and percussion of liver on the right....

Today is the day where in my life, i first met a multi-religious family, judaist + christian + muslim, living together in harmony, and also someone with situs inversus! Thanks to Mr. X...

April 22, 2008

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April 18, 2008

Pink Panther

a sudden nostalgia struck me when i heard dave koz's recent album..
track no.6 Pink Panther

when i was a kid,
i liked to hum the theme song of Pink Panther,
i liked to watch Pink Panther on the tv.
As i grew up,
then came Power Rangers,
n i said goodbye to disney cartoons, tom n jerry, pink panther, etc.
I started watching hongkong vampire movies~
Later as a teenager,
thanks to Astro and my brother,
i started cartoon network n disney cartoons again...
road runner *beep beep*, bugs bunny, daffy duck, donald duck, mickey, etc
and also dexter, ppg, scooby doo....
And in secondary 5, i accidentally spotted Pink Panther on TV3 on sunday morning.
That is when i was willing to wake up early on Sundays just to watch Pink Panther!

Around 20 years living,
i see things change, people change,
what has passed will not come back again,
it's not like cartoons, not like movies,
where we can still repeat the same video or song or animation that we missed.
We have to live life to the fullest, i agree,
but i do not agree to "do what u want to do most! don't miss any chance!"
think, consider, obtain a balance, then decide and do.
At many times, we will need to sacrifice some things in our life,
things that u love most, things that u need most, things that u want most.


amazing... no talking needed





album recommended: Dave Koz's Double Feature for relaxation

April 14, 2008

no guns allowed!

this morning i went to the european mall, and found this interesting...

no smoking, no blades, no pet , no alcohol, no guns!DSC05718

guns allowed on streets??

April 10, 2008

The second heart sound is the key to auscultation of the heart. - Leatham A. 1964

Today, we had practical class in the central  medical library.  We managed to listen to few heart sounds with and without murmurs and some lung sounds too through the simulator.

  

At first, it looked very interesting to me.. listening from machines!! Never used such things before.. first time leh.. Then when class started, everything was like.. err.. everyone was so quiet, no one answered the doctor's questions... and he started.. THIS IS VERY BAD.. VERY BAD...

What causes split S2? Fixed split S2?

1) Physiological split during inspiration
  -During inspiration, negative intrathoracic pressure causes increased blood return into the right side of the heart, yet some slowing of emptying from the left side. The increased blood volume in the right ventricle causes the pulmonary valve to stay open longer during ventricular systole. This causes an increased delay in the P2 component of S2 relative to the A2 component.
-During expiration, the positive intrathoracic pressure causes decreased blood return to the right side of the heart. The reduced volume in the right ventricle allows the pulmonary valve to close earlier at the end of ventricular systole, causing P2 to occur earlier, and "closer" to A2.
2) Fixed split S2
  -Usually due to an atrial septal defect(ASD) or ventricular septal defect(VSD).
-The ASD or VSD creates a left to right shunt that increases the blood flow to the right side of the heart, thereby causing the pulmonic valve to close later than the aortic valve independent of inspiration/expiration.
3) Reverse splitting
  -aortic stenosis (decreased LV outflow) 
-hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- left bundle branch block (delayed depolarization)
4) Persistent splitting
 

- Right bundle branch block (from delayed pulmonic closure)
- Mitral Regurgitation (from early closure of aortic valve)

 

Finally, just before leaving the library, the doctor reminded us that it's always good to start from the basics, that is, listen to more normal heart sounds. Practise on your friends! Practise Practise Practise!

  

 

Some sites for practising:

3M Littmann
Blaufuss Multimedia
Texas Heart Institute
Ausculatation Assistant

April 9, 2008

favicons


Few simple steps to add a favicon:

Few steps to add a favicon (viewed in Firefox only, not applicable for IE7)

1) paint, draw or design your own icon and save it as a '.png' file
(you can do it with Paint)

2) upload this file to any image hosting site like photobucket or fileden

3) Edit HTML of ur blogger site

add the HTML code highlighted in the picture above before the HEAD part
and remember to change the "something.com/image.png" into the source of ur icon.

4) Save and that's all!


Special thanks to reuby

April 6, 2008

Chocolate Mousse

I love chocolate mousse!!!

It's Saturday morning! Woke up early just to go to Auchan before the crowd filled up all the 80+ counters. I just love Sat n Sun mornings, sun + less cars + less people on the streets + less noise!

Amazingly, i finished marketing before 10 o'clock.. Remembering that i had to buy something in Ikea, I walked past Mega's food court. SUBWAY. The green Subway signboard caught my eyes and i decided that i would have a fresh sandwich for lunch, after Ikea.

But after entering Ikea, subconsciously, I walked to the restaurant, took a tray and serviettes.. Took a breakfast set, a CHOCOLATE MOUSSE, a bowl of soup and a muffin. I paid and sat down and ate... Halfway eating, i realised i told myself that i m going to have a sandwich for lunch! not lunch in Ikea!!!

Amnesia. Forgetfulness. Addiction. Broken Promises. Irresponsibility. Loss of mind, control n discipline.

I don't know why... I just love chocolate mousse.Each and every visit to Ikea will not be without it...

29 roubles each

P.S. anyone knows how to make chocolate mousse?? let me know!!

April 4, 2008

清明節

杜牧《清明》

清明時節雨紛紛

路上行人欲斷魂

借問酒家何處有

牧童遙指杏花村

Dodo, the above post is for u...


Sorry Dodo... Today when i was browsing through Wikipedia, i accidentally come across this page about "Dodo". And I was in a dilemma, for quite sometime... I found out sth...

P.s. Please consider another nickname

April 3, 2008

The Forbidden Kingdom

An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

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Starring Jet Li (as Silent Monk and the Monkey King)

Jackie Chan (as Lu Yan, the Drunken Immortal)

Michael Angarano (as Jason Tripitikas, the Traveller)

Liu YiFei (as Golden Sparrow, the Orphan Warrior)

Li BingBing (as Ni Chan, the White Haired Assassin)

Collin Chou (as Jade War Lord)

Premiering on the 17th of April, 2008 in Russia and Singapore.

For more details, see http://www.forbiddenkingdommovie.com/



就讓這首歌 - 張震嶽

最近一直repeat這首歌

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就讓這首歌 今夜一直重複
我們都沒錯 只是看清楚原來不懂的事
沒有什麼好說 現在先不要說 就讓我們沈默
最後的擁抱 愛情的終點

回憶一觸即發 如何忍住眼淚不讓它哭得唏哩嘩啦
觸景傷情 這樣好嗎
從今以後各走各的路 身上留有你的Tattoo
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吃定了誰 電影散場了沒
又怎麼會 虎頭蛇尾 看你哭紅又腫了雙眼
一把眼淚一把鼻涕 從喜劇變成默劇 怎麼繼續
只好放著這首歌它一直Repeat 曾經你是我的癮
我們愛的這麼過癮 就像生命共同體
如今 卻只能謝謝這回憶
電影散場之後 你是否留下了什麼
一切不能再重頭 那感傷的話別說
這決定 並不輕鬆 夜深人靜 心會痛
有首歌它一直 Repeat Repeat 是為了什麼

是分手的時候就讓我們自由 回憶一幕幕
就像一場電影原來一直感動
電影終要結束 結束難免痛苦 心中留下傷痕
就讓這首歌縈繞在耳邊

我嘗試 刻畫著每一字
曾經快樂的每一日 這首歌要播幾次
有太多的捨不得事 歌詞像針在刺
旋律讓眼眶溼 曾幾何時開始靜止
打不開的話夾子 從你儂我儂的夢 到現在你懂我懂的沈默
所有的痛 就讓時間來破
電影散場之後 就在那回首處
你別走回頭路 我只能頭也不回的藏住感觸
少了片的拼圖 怎麼拼的出那版圖
我真心為你祝福 有沒有那麼一首歌會讓你很想念
有沒有那麼一首歌你會假裝聽不見
聽了又掉眼淚卻按不下停止鍵
多少個夜就這樣開著燈到另一個夜
我們之間有多少故事在這首歌的裡面 人不在就讓這首歌在
回憶也還在 謝謝你的愛

就讓這首歌今夜一直重複我們都沒錯
只是看清楚原來不懂的事
沒有什麼好說現在先不要說 就讓我們沈默
最後的擁抱 愛情的終點
是分手的時候就讓我們自由 回憶一幕幕
就像一場電影原來一直感動
電影終要結束 結束難免痛苦 心中留下傷痕
就讓這首歌縈繞在耳邊