5 out of 7..

One of the nice thing about being in the ENT masters program is that you have to do 3 elective postings..
I am currently on my third elective (I honestly don't know why they call it  'elective' when we are pretty much forced to do it..anyways..) posting..
It is the best..
I have successfully struggled thru the other 2 busy posting and finally arrived to this long awaited posting..Maxilofacial surgery..
To me this posting is that lovely tropical island you get to stop at for a while before you have to dive back into the sea of diarrhea which is the masters program..
I have no responsibilities during this posting apart from being able to 'observe'
a normal day usually consists of a morning ward rounds at 8 am,  followed by breakfast at 8.30 before heading home at around 9am..
My kind of timetable..
I've been holding true to this routine for the past 3 weeks..
unfortunately this lovely routine is being interrupted by 2 consecutive courses..
I've finished one of it..
now I only have another weekend course to complete..
I cant believe I'm gonna say this but, I cant wait for Monday to come..

p/s: at a loss for words since i';m still recovering from the last sentence..

- chordwrecker -

Wow..

Just..wow..
There is this link button at the top of my browser that has been unused for the past 2 years.
Its been unused but it still haven't shifted its spot.
After the initial few months of desolance, the link button lost its glaring hauntingness for me to click it..
Until today that is. After a good 2 years has passed.
After I've completed all the exams that I relentlessly complained about..
After a few major chapters in my life unfolded..
After countless thoughts that could have been shared  have passed and been forgotten..
After making a promise/lying that i would visit it more often..
After all this time..
I don't know what made me click it..
But I'm glad that i did..

I was partly disappointed that there wasn't  more..
I noticed that I, previously was concerned regarding the counter on the right..
How its numbers meant to me then..
After the hiatus i realize, that the one numerical figure that would enjoy these entries the most, was me..
It was a very nice stroll down memory lane..

I thought even if i just put in a post now, it would mean a lot to me later..

We'll see..

p/s: How time flies..

- chordwrecker -

And off again we go..

whoa..that was a long silence of post..it took an effort to pull off that amount of silence..
the story is, i'm once again on my way to sit for another ridiculous exam, which, in all honestly, does nothing much to my career except for gaining me better bragging rights..again, i'm heading to a land far - far away..edinburgh this time around..the after exam trip is kinda more anticipated though..finally going to italy..

aaaanyways, hopefully i'll quit making an effort to keep silent after this..
wish me luck..

- chordwrecker -

Doctors day?

Yes folks, I just found out that there is such a thing as a 'doctor's day'..
It is celebrated on 1st of July in India, March 30th in US of  A and Hungary and finally March 14th in Turkey. In India, its actually to dedicate the day to someone who happened to be a doctor who did a lot of service to their country..so it's more of a 'doctor day' rather then 'doctors'. The people who celebrate it on the 30th of March did so because it was the day the first surgery was done with general anesthesia. The Turks celebrate it on 14th march to commemorate the day they opened their first modern medical school.
As you can see, the dates and reasons it's celebrated is as divided as the profession itself..
The people of India is actually celebrating a person rather then the profession
The Yanks celebrated a new way of getting high
The Hungarians decided to follow the yanks and 'one up' them cause its a public holiday in Hungary
And the Turks have their own agenda like always..

Personally, i dont think it'll ever catch on..
And honestly, i think that it is unnecessary..
besides, a simple 'thank you' at then end of the consult is worth way more..

p/s: Cant help but to picture a highly paid US plastic surgeon in his Porche getting stopped at the car park by a little girl with a 'happy doctors day' card..ahahaha..damm you highly paid US surgeons...

- chordwrecker -

Intelligence?

I had a toothache since yesterday..
Had my 2- 8 (wisdom tooth) pulled out today..
does that make me less intelligent?
to be honest' if there's anything i feel right now, is that i'm pissed at the dentist that saw me about 4 months ago..
went for my 6 monthly dental check up..she said everything was fine..no cavities etc..just minimal scaling done..
if everything was "fine", why the hell did my tooth literally broke off into one giant cavity..
that didnt happen overnight
should have been spotted during the check up..

thats it for today folks..

p/s: yes...i'm in pain because they had to take out my 2-8..

-chordwrecker -

Coming home..

When i was studying in dublin, i was a bit of a music geek..i used to hang around in the music room a lot..
and it was a really cool music room..it had a guitar, bass and a complete drum set..the best thing about it was that it was soundproof so you can jamm anytime you feel like.. the story is that i didn't have an electric guitar back then but i had a lot of tiny gadgets to hook on to the amps to make the sound heavier..of all these gadgets, the best one was an orange distortion pedal..that was a cool effect..
anyways, when i came back to m'sia, i couldn't find that distortion pedal..i didn't know if i misplaced it or if someone 'borrowed' it from the music room..this was around the time which i became less of a jamming freak so i didn't pursue to finding my distortion pedal too much..now, to be honest i wouldn't have even remembered that i had one in the first place..
the story is, one of the doctors in my hospital suddenly approached me in the operating theater the other day..he was my junior in college..i've never spoken to this guy and i only know he's my junior cause he wears a white coat with my college emblem on it..anyways, the first thing he asked me if i played guitar..and i was partially shocked..so i just played along.. apparently, somehow, miraculously, he found my distortion pedal 2 years after i left ireland..he only realized it was mine after nearly 2 years of working in the same hospital as me..he said he was looking at that thing when he was playing guitar then only noticed a small sticker with my name on it..he said he'd give it a shot and ask me..
it was a nice surprise to get my distortion pedal back..

moral of the story - labelling works..

p/s: what can you label today? ehehe..

- chordwrecker -

Back to the 60's..

Thats how i felt when i was walkin around in Melaka town..
it was a fun trip..
enough talk..more pictures..

p/s: like i said..the 60's..

- chordwrecker -