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 -

Haircuts..

I just had my hair cut the other day..it had occurred to me to get the haircut when the mop head i saw in the kitchen looked unwittingly similar to whats on my head..so anyways, i went to my usual barber shop. yes, barber shop..not a saloon but a barber shop.. I have nothing against a guy going to a 'stylist' or saloon for a haircut but i just feel they're missing out..By my standards, a good barber knows how to crack your neck after the haircut..you know what i'm talkin about..its the part where they turn your head just the right amount to make your cervical spine articulation joints to pop..err..i dont quite know how else to put it ut you should get what i mean..rite? anyways, i dont know if its only done here in malaysia but i feel its quite a malaysian barber thing..i know people who actually is against this thing..for varied reasons i might add..but all i can say is youre missing out..besides, its kind of a free chiropractic treatment or somethin..its gotta be rite? eheheh...

anyways, exams over..now just have to wait for the results..dont really know whats coming my way now..
guess ill find out t'row..but first, some sleep..later..

p/s: maybe a quick movie first before i fall asleepp...hmmm..

-chordwrecker -

Here goes nothing..

adequately describes what my head is feeling at this momment..
like i said..here goes nothing..

p/s: ........

- chowdrecker -

I'm going to be famous..

I't not what you think..
i was just reading some stuff in Baileys when the sheer randomness of my brain got me remembering about a book i once read when i was 9..or 10..cant really recall exactly when.
the tittle was ' i'm going to be famous'.
it was about this kid named Arlo Moore from Oregon or something..
He suddenly had this notion to be famous..and he decided that the best way to do it was to eat a lot of bananas really fast..the record at that time was by Dr. Ronald L.Alkana. He ate seventeen bananas in two
minutes. He did it at the University of California in Irvine on December 7, 1973.
it was a fun book at that time..

What interested me most was that the world record for eating bananas really fast was actually held by a doctor..
seriously..how the hell did he come up with that?
i mean, this guy was a pure genius man..
'cant win the Nobel prize? no problem. i'll just eat bananas really fast to be famous..'
why cant i come up with something like that? not that i'm really keen on being famous or anything, but you gotta appreciate the method in his madness..

and to clarify to everyone, the answer is yes..that is how far my mind travels when i'm supposed to be studying and memorizing useful stuff..

later..

p/s: need a break..movie anyone?

- chordwrecker -

Lucky number 11000..

hello everybody..
whats up?
hows things?
as you can see, i'm blogging again..
this means either 1 of 2 things..
 1. i have something to share to the world or..
 2. i'm taking my exams again and i'm too bored studying..

in this instance, its actually both..
its a sunday afternoon and the weather is too hot..cant concentrate studying..
(i know its a lame excuse but it's good enough in my head to make me stop studying and write this note..)

yesterday i was over at my friends house when something unexpected happened..
i became lucky number 11000..

congratulation NM for the achievement of getting people hooked on random opinionated thoughts on anything and everything..

anyways..better get back to it..
later..

p/s: 30 is the new 23..

- chordwrecker -

Resting tachycardia..

palpitations
tachycardia
confused why you have them?
some say its stress..
in my case, i'm not stressed up against tomorrow's inevitability
april's another try..
make or break day..
so why the tachycardia?
my conclusion is : nasi kandar kayu..
instant arterial clogger..

p/s: really difficult to kill hope..

- chordwrecker -

Headache..

headache galore..
how laaa..

p/s: wot lovely weather today..fits my headache perfectly..

- chordwrecker -

Stating the obvious..

1. I'm oncall again..
2. Exams is just around the corner..it's a really short corner..
3.I honestly dont know why i'm getting myself into these things..
4.Yes..ive been quiet in blogland for a while..mostly cause i had no idea what to write..
5. I can run out of ideas sometimes..
6. I still rock even though i'm out of ideas at times..
7. Yes..you read it correctly..
8. Yes, i wrote it correctly..
9. I dont think i have enough time to study..
10. I'm hungry..

p/s: Later..

- chordwrecker -

Shades of grey..

Sometimes its easier if everything was just in black and white..

p/s: thanks to mrs. chord for the pics..

- chordwrecker -

Going up?

I've always thought that elevators were an awkward place to be..you step into a small room with other people you dont know and basically stand around doing nothing..its just awkward..
they did a lot of experiments in the 50's about elevator psychology..anywhere in the world, is the same story..
next time you're in an elevator, try and look for the telltale signs of awkwardness..
some people look at the floor
some people look at their watches
others will fidget
and the number 1 sign of awkwardness is .. drum roll please..its looking up to check at that numbered display..
most elevators nowadays actually announce which floor youre at but people still stare at that number
they do that for a reason..
they're quietly thinking to them self wishing for the ordeal to be over with...
dont believe me?
next time youre in the elevator, go to the back and look at the other people..
everyone will deal with it in their own way..
plus, by doing this, you will gain a sudden false sense of superiority and lose your own awkward feeling..

the s*it i do keep from feeling useless in an elevator..

p/s: watch and learn..

- chordwrecker -

Getting wisdom from t-shirts..

Do you believe in luck?
i once read a t-shirt that the northers monkey was wearing..
it said, 'i'm not lucky, i'm just that good'..or something like that..
i'm sure that suits him well but i'm not sure that i can relate to the saying..

just a random thought..
later..

p/s: on call again tomorrow..cant wait for the weekend..

 - chordwrecker -

I hate fish..

I hate fish...especially if theres someone stupid enough to eat the fish and get a fishbone stuck in their throat..these people should only be licensed to eat fillet-o-fish or fish and chips..
here's a few tips if you're contemplating on eating fish

1. before you eat the fish, think really hard..you wouldn't want to see me at the emergency department when you accidentally (or rather stupidly) swallowed the damm bone..
2. just remember this, chicken tastes wayyy better..
3. if you have chosen to ignore advice number 1 and 2, please shut up and concentrate when you're eating..dont talk, laugh or sneeze..look at what you are putting in you're mouth..
4. please, please, please check to see that theres no bone before you swallow..the easiest method to do this is to chew your food..yes..its that simple..chew
5. if you have loose dentures, go get it bloody fixed.. you're in enough sh*t in the first place if you have to wear them.. dont complicate your life further by eating fish..
6. always refer back to rule number 1..

and to the doctors, i'm that tired of repeating myself that i have decided to put this in cyberland..if someone has swallowed a fish bone (stupidly), please do the following:

1. ask them when
2. what fish. (small or big boned)
3. was it fried fish? (cause fried ones are friable)
4. ask if the pain is sharp and pricking on every swallowing of saliva. if it is, the bone is still there.
5. wheres the pain.
      - is it on the left or right side and which level is it.
      - by level, i mean hyoid, thyroid or cricoid level. give those references.. vertebral levels are also ok.
      - saying 'somewhere in the middle of the neck' does not sound to intelligent'
      - if the pain is above the thyroid cartilage, the stupid bone is usually at the tonsils. which leads me to..
6. Look at the oral cavity..really look for the bone at the tonsils and base of tongue..most of the time its there..
7. Look agaiinnn..
6. Do a soft tissue neck x-ray..not cervical x-ray..not AP view..but lateral neck soft tissue..
7. This one is a dont..dont say 'i cant see the fish bone in the xray' as your opening line..usually it cant be seen..so i wouldn't really care if you didn't..what you should look for is:
       - loss of cervical lordosis - means pt is in pain
       - increase of soft tissue at the bit behind the trachea up to the vertebra..any widening shows
          inflammation. its significant if the distance of soft tissue is more then the width of the vertebra.
       - any air trapping in the esophagus. if there is air trapping, thats where the foreign body is..
       - after all that, then you can mention that you cant see the stupid bone that the patient swallowed

i do understand that getting a fishbone stuck is sometimes unavoidable...
on second thought, unless you got some swallowing problem, it is avoidable..
but first time offenders are usually ok..human error..
Its the repeat offenders that tick me off..
seriously, what is wrong with you?

hope you enjoyed the little lecture on a big nuisance..

p/s: sorry folks, i just noticed that this posts has a little too much useful info compared to previous ones..especially the part about advice number 1...later..

- chordwrecker -

Points..

You'll know that someone has been a government doctor too long when the reason they suggest to you to join a music class is to gain cpd (continuous professional development) points or a higher skt point (sasaran kerja tahunan)..
i was in Bentley (the music store, not the car shop) today..just browsing thru their instruments..missed the days where i can just drop everything, call a few friends, book a studio on the spot and then indulge in a jamming session..
those were the days..
now my hand feels awkward when holding the neck of a guitar..not to mention that garbage instead of music comes out when i try to play it..yes, i did not exaggerate.. garbage..
on the up side, i still knew how to hold the drumstick the right way around..
but that's as far as it stretches..i managed to make a 45 thousand dollar state-of-the-art electronic drum set sound like, wait for it ...garbage..pure and utter garbage again..
i'd take it as a compliment if 'garbage music' is currently trendy and is in fact 'the thing' that people listen to nowadays..but you can be safe in knowing that it only happened in my own world that i had to retreat to once i started playing..
coincidentally, the people in that world really digs frame-less spectacles..i wonder why..

aaaanywys, guess i'd better sign up for that music class..not to play better..hell no..only for the cpd points..

p/s: it was a blast to find that my blog's listed in between 'my lovely motherhood' and 'my breast pump shop' in my friends blog..classic..appreciate the link daughterette..same goes to bluedaisy..cheers..

- chordwrecker -

Hari Raya...

So..its been a while..
sorry bout that..been occupied..
had a good 2 day break after the exams before diving straight into a 2 day weekend call..
no complaints though..it was ok..
anyways, the main reason for the post is to say selamat hari raya for all my friends and family who actually reads my ramblings over the past few months..
thanks for following..
Maaf zahir batin..

p/s: i was exited to see that someone from turkey was reading the blog..thats untill i remembered that the monkey was in istanbul..cheers bro..you got me my first 25 cents from nuffnag..ahahahah..later..

- chordwrecker -