Still Derm-ing

Derm test on friday..
Hai. dunno what to say, feels like they are trying to make dermatologists out of us in 2 weeks..

Now everything still looks like everything to me. All the same one.. only some a bit more special than others then can differentiate easily, else will need to go down the list: eczema, psoriasis, fungal... then hope heng heng can tio one of them..

Maybe is because i haven't really gone through enough clinics.. hope the many more clinical sessions this week will help..

Hmm.. not blogging as often lately..
Probably some things are better left in memory..

Derm

Dermato posting..

Rumours in med fac are usually true unless proven otherwise.. Derm posting is strict man.. Everything arranged nice nice already and they put in systems to make sure we cannot zao4 un-noticed.. though there are still some leaks..

Anyway, real impressed with the current NHG paperless clinics.. Wa.. everything on computer, then the patient just use the same queue number to go see doctor, go treatment room, go billing counter etc.. But wonder what happens if there's a viral outbreak, i mean on the coms..

Spent one morning in the treatment room today. Though managed to see some stuff like cryotherapy, skin and nail biopsies.. but most of the time is spent slacking and reading cause got quite few patients. What to do, even the nurses can chit chat.. of course we got time also..

Was following a male nurse and one of the first cases was a suture take out.. He called the number (of course by the computer) and in came a lady with a sobbing young girl.

"Oh no.. poor thing gonna cry.." i thought

The nurse appeared to have handled many such cases and reassuringly said to the girl:" Come sit down.. don't worry hor.."

The mother brought the girl into the cubicle and the curtains were drawn.. Of course wj and me didn't dare to step in and observe and make the girl more afraid.. The nurse carried on his pacifying and told the girl to sit on the couch when the mother said:
"It's me lah... i'm the patient not her!"

Hai.. assumptions..

Somewhere, somebody else

Been doing up the presentation for the Vietnam elective this week... So had to flip through the photos to decide what to put into the powerpoint slides. Hmm.. those memories, especially of Dr Quyen who now somehow decided that he will not touch his email that frequently nowadays..


Well anyway, not that i email him that often.. But i get this sense of wierdness that someone i know, someone whose scooter i sat before, is working, playing (if he does play) and living his life in another part of the world, a place where i might not go again in my lifetime.. (Don't know if i will be able to see him again in person..)

'No man is an island' Ya, nobody can survive on his own. But i still feel everyone is living in his own world.

Classmates take the same exams at the same time, but still, everyone's knowledge, state of mind during exams and attitude to the exams will differ even if they have been studying together for a long time. At the end of the day, there is only one person who can see the examiners but not himself.. who only has his own brain for reference.. who can dig his own grave... (Me, myself and I)

Thought Broadcast?

This is one of the symptoms of schizophrenia where the person will think that whatever he thinks has been broadcasted to everyone and therefore everyone knows what he is thinking.

Sounds scary? What if it was turned the other way and people actually know what you are thinking about when you think that they don't know what you are thinking about? Guess it's actions that spells everything. 若要人不知,除非己莫为 ma...

Well, anyway... had been mugging on paeds notes these few days.. Whoa.. quite jialat.. maciam never seen the notes before one.. How did i pass the posting 2 years ago??!! And to think i haven't touched surgery for a longer period of time.. Wonder what happens when i start touching it.. Lagi jialat i guess.. Must strive on!!

070805

Whew.. Just in time to mark this day...

Has got to be one of the happiest in my life!

Warranty

Dunno if there is a high prevalence for this but till date i have come across 2 friends telling me about people who '2 time' (i.e. fancy someone else besides their partner and already close to dating that someone else but refusing to break with their current partners) because they 1) cannot decide who they want to be with and 2) maybe they want to have a 'backup' relationship in case the one they really want cannot work out. Sadly the persons they told me about are people they have a heart for.

I guess i don't have the experience to comment... (but hey amateurs in love can write a book to teach people how to get love..) Anyway.. i wonder if it is the way society is nowadays.. we get warranties for electronic goods.. we have bao jia durians. so maybe that's why we can end up looking for 'warranties' in relationships too?

I find it quite irresponsible and selfish.. Do they spare a thought for their current partner? I think it's real terrifying if one's gf/bf says "Actually the person i like most now is not you, it's XXX.. but i'm still with you because...e.g. 1)he/she doesn't like me 2)i feel obliged to still be with you 3)i need to confirm the other relationship can start first..etc etc"

Most probably it's because i've always been instilled the principal of monogamy, so i find it quite disturbing.. but what happens if these cases were in Arabia? No problems obviously.. (They won't even have the dilemma of choosing!!!)

Heard some people commenting before that humans may not be made to be monogamic.. Maybe it is because this is true that such things will occur frequently? But if this is so.. why are principles/ethics making humans less human?

Relationship stories are sometimes really so scary.. Think i need doses of mian (免) kia (怕) you (油)

Hungry?

What's wrong with me today?

Took my usual breakfast and went to IMH for the addiction ward round. (Wa.. 2 hour journey, must think of some other ways..) Well anyway, reached about 830am and started listening and by 9am, my stomach was growling..

Tahan until 11 plus then had lunch. a real hearty one. took my usual tuna sandwich and apple and top off with 1 plate of 菜饭!! Finally felt better. So went on with the rest of the day...

Day ended at 3plus and reached home 4.45.. Hungry again!! Even with my big lunch!! So munched on biscuits...

Had dinner at 7 plus. Then went on to play badminton at 9pm.. Game started on time and then.. Growl.. hungry again!!! Again had to endure the sensation of hunger throughout the game until i could get my hands on biscuits again when i reached home..

Oh man, what happened? Not say i starved myself the days before.. Am i growing an addiction for food?