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• Blogging and Complaining

  Saturday, Oct 25, 2008 12:05AM / Standard Entry / Members only

  I don't want my blogs to be just about complaints. But writing down what's been going on around in my life, even though i think that's pretty much complaining. I guess that's why i don't really blog.

  Blogs can be anything, virtually anything. Some write about their lives, whether to have a record or just simply for others to read, if it's good kind it's sharing, if it's better kind, maybe juz showing off a bit, if it's bad kind, then it's complaining, if it's worse kind, i guess they juz want pity. Others write about their thoughts, what they think,  be it the future/present/past, an event, an application, a device so that the others who didn't get to experience it can sort of feel what it's like, true or not true it's subjective. Some write about their ideas, trying to help people with their problems in lives. I think it's all good, exchanging information from people to people, inspiring others with lives, sharing the goods and bads, to let others know you aren't alone. It's a whole new level of speechless communication or human-to-human interactions. Anyone can write it, anyone can read it, anyone can comment on it.  If you're reading this, i apologize for wasting your time...lol...cuz it's juz empty thought.

  Here's a quick update. I've finally done with internal medicine, for quite sometime now. Been to obsgyn and currently in pediatrics. Even though things hasn't been great, not so good either, but i guess i can't complain, especially in this kind of economic climate, should be thankful i'm still here. Fear of recession in almost every corner of the world, people blame it on the subprime mortgage, i'm no economy expert, but it's a bad time investing, or it might actually be the best time investing. As to the artists, i doubt they will feel the pressure of shrinking world economy and recession like us low/middle class people do. But it's not like what they got didn't come from hardwork. I admire them, takes great courage and confident to go down that road and succeed among so many. One can chose an easy life or tough life, some may disagree but that's true. It really comes down to our own choice.

  
  

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• Internship

  Sunday, Jun 8, 2008 7:04PM / Standard Entry / Members only

  2 weeks ago marks the beginning of my internship training. A week before that there was this orientation to make sure we know how to do what we do. That weekend we had to attend the intensive ACLS (advance cardiac life support) course with tests on sunday, thank God i passed, but it only valids for 2 years, which means i'll have to re-take it 2 years from now.  This was after i had my one week break after finishing my clerkship. I went back to my home during that week, stopped over at macau on my way back. Being back was nice, get to re-union with my parents and my brother, and friends as well. Just too short for anything. Macau was unexpected, invited a few friends to join me there and brought them around places. We had great times, and bad times as well, when most of us kind of lost almost all our capitals to the casinos. It was funny how we planned to spend the money that we were gonna win. I guess it's much better spent donating to people afflicted by the quakes.

  I had my first two weeks of internship in Gastrointestines Internal Medicine, where it deals with most of the intestines problems from diarrhea to cancers. I have had the honor of being taught by a friendly NP, who taught me almost all the things i should know. She was a great teacher, though i worked hard on my part. I worked late almost everyday. We have to be on call about 2 to 3 times a week. I had mine on Thursday. The experience was not fun at all, and no sleep as well. I kept working until late nights, and got called up early mornings around 6am to do some simple procedures. We were assigned floors to be responsible for, if problems arises there's the on call residence to call for help, and i wouldn't wanna be them as  they are always busy. That night i ran up and down floors and helped out with two critically deteriorating patients. The next day at work was so sleepy but i managed to get by. Saturday i had the assisting shift, which basically is to help out if there are newly admitted patients. Theoretically the shift was from 12 to 5, but i finished up until 8pm. On Sunday, it was my turn to be on call, which starts from 9am until next day when the work begins. It was OK during the daytime, not so busy until at night, things got hectic. There were patients who can urinate and i have to help them get their waters out, patient with 9 large pressure sore on them which i have to change dressing 2 times a day, patients complaining chest tightness which i have to follow up and kept complaining, and the worst part was the one just underwent bladder surgery and needed irrigation due to blood clots inside. It was laborous than anyone can imagine and needed most patience. Basically I haven't had weekends until this one.

  This week was a much much better one. I get to do certain cool procedures, under supervision of course, not all succesful. I had a patient who had massive lung effusion and ascites, so i get to try and draw the fluids from chest and abdomen. I had my first chest tapping, unsuccesful though, as i were trying to pierce through the ribs instead of muscles. However, paracentesis was more succeful than that. Besides that, I get to watch chest man inserting chest tubes to drain for the chest effusion as well. I were on call once this week and it was much more sleep than i thought. However, sleep was restless as i kept wondering if i missed some calls. I had some snags while trying to insert nasogastric tubes for some p't. They just refuse to swallow and it was almost impossible. Some had the skills to re-direct the tubes into their mouths.

  Next 2 weeks i will be spending time at the General Internal Medicine. Things would be pretty much the same i guess, i hope there will not be too much changing of schedule as well as work load, but it seems to be a wishful thinking. Guess i just have to tough it out.

  
  

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• Good thieves Bad thieves

  Sunday, Dec 23, 2007 1:08AM / Standard Entry / Members only

  As x'mas and new year is coming, everyone is in their celebration mood. Today is the first day of winter for chinese (dong zhi), and everything was pretty good, until i found out, the cash i had in my wallet has disappeared.

  I stayed up until around 5a.m. last night before i go to bed, supposed to have gone to bed by 4a.m., but a roommate was using the bathroom. Anyhow, we didn'thas it as a habit to lock the door, but sometimes i will before i go to bed when everyone else was in bed. Last night was one of those night that i thought to myself, hack i'm tired, been so long already, maybe i'll juz leave it unlock. Today i was awaken by a few meaningless phone calls, not until 2pm was i out of bed. Made myself a decent meal. During the meal i smell something funny but stealthy. Then I went next room to borrow a key to a bicycle for tonite. While i was there we were chatting, and there were this smell as well, but i couldn't recognize. Somehow his roommate discovered on the floor matt there were this stains and it looked like crap. Seems like someone with shoes tat has stepped on crap has walked in the room without anyone's ackknowledgment. They started cleaning and i went back to my room.

  As i was working part time at night, the friend called me and asked if anyone has lost any cash. I had no idea wat was going on then, and i checked my wallet wondering wat was up. To my suprise my 500 note was gone, damn. Luckily the other stuffs are still in place. i couldn't wait to get back to check if my other stuffs in the drawers has gone too. Luckily they all are still there.

  Later i found out that the thievery took place early in the morning, around 7.12a.m. as it was shown in the security camera. I rationalized that if anyone needed money that bad and he has to resort to stealing, with crap on his shoes, must be pretty pity especially in this holiday season. I made it ok to think as if the thieve actually needed the money, visualizing someone wearing ragged clothes, in desperation, with a lot of guilt while doing his act. But instead i was told that he was someone young in his 20's, kind of big in size (i mean fat). Wearing a black jacket with white cloth on the inside, and a jean. He tried the rooms before mine but couldn't get in. He proceeded to my room, then to the one next to mine, and then the one opposite of mine. After someone walked pass the hallway, he changed floors to the 3rd and 2nd (mine is 5th).

  I just don't get with his age and physical conditions, even if it's hard to find a job, wat actually prompts him to undergo such distasteful act, he should not have done it. Everyone might be guilty of stealing in one way or another. Come to think about it, it's the invasion of privacy tat's instigating, rather than the lost of money. Maybe if it's bigger amount then i will be enraged by the lost of money. I don't know if he's a good thieve, if there's a thing as a good thieve, as he has left other certs and cards in place. I guess wat seperates good thieves and bad thieves are the way they steal from other people. Good thieves would've stolen without being found out, leaving ur emotions either unchanged or even pleased, bad thieves are those that make your emotions go wild.

  
  

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• Modeling for me...?

  Sunday, Nov 11, 2007 11:13PM / Standard Entry / Members only

  Well, it started out as just another Saturday that a friend of mine invited me to a nursing school occasion. I figured wat not since i got nothing better to do. The thing is he was interested in a particular someone. Anyway, when we arrived we were bored and left out. After spending money on booths and walking around several times, an interesting guy showed up. At first he strikes me as a kid maybe, kinda dodgy and pretty strange. Maybe with an outerior motive, but it's really not my place to say since i only met him and the other ppl as well. He was kinda small in size, carrying a camera bag. He was there to meet someone to have their pics taken. He was like a camera man.

  So he was going to help take pics of a fren's fren, and needed some help with the lighting reflections. So my friend and I decided to help him out. The first setting was in this stand and we looked at the camera man do his thing and the model do her thing. We thought it would be fun if we could try out a few shots. So we did. It was not easy and felt stupid at that time. But now that the pics have came out, it's actually not so bad. Maybe the camera man is just good. And i think he is actually a really nice guy. So i just wanna thank him, and here's some of the pics.

  

  

  
  

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• Yet Another Typhoon...

  Saturday, Oct 6, 2007 10:47PM / Standard Entry / Members only

  Typhoon Krosa, which is supposedly to be the worst typhoon that hit Taiwan is coming head on with this island. Earlier this week there were another typhoon lashed Vietnam and southern China. There were hurricanes in the US. A lot seems to be happening in such a short time. Or maybe it's the havoc season of this planet. As a result, almost everyone is staying in except for certain people of course. The wind was very strong and the rain were going in every directions. The interesting is that the east part of Taiwan, there were 3 different storms happening, ie Heat storm that brings the temperatue up to 36C, Sand storm and then the Tornado. That would be a cool experience. I'm not sure if it's the weather or just me, it's incredibly bored to stay indoors, even though i'm pretty sure with sunshine outside i'll probably be doing the same thing anyway, or not. But it was fun in a way though, it sort of gave me a chance to play silly with roommate.  Too bad the typhoon came in weekends, or else i would have another extra holidays...again.

  
  

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