Sorry sorry nobody.

Had so much fun watching these 2 videos… very catchy!

Sorry sorry by Super Junior

Nobody by Wondergirls

Welcome! Little princess!

Presenting…Ashley Wong –  the latest addition to my family, my little niece is now 6 months old!

Super-duper adorable! Her favourite thing… is looking at herself in the mirror!

Final update of 2009

Less than 1 hour to end of 2009.  It was definately a challenging year. There are just so many things to recall. In Chronological order…

Performed in IMU music night, singing a medley…presenting the chocolat.

Passing the insane End-Of-Semester-7 Finals. It was crazy! But am happy that I passed all end-of-posting exams.

PD outing with friends. The beach, the sun, picnic… and nice ice kacang!

 

Lost (PD edition)

Presented my research paper on ‘Efficacy & Patient Satisfaction of Radiofrequency-induced Intradiscal Nucleoplasty’ in the Malaysian International Medical Students Conference 2009. It was a great experience sharing my knowledge and also learning from fellow medical students from other schools. I was also very fortunate to be in the subcommittee for the conference.

 

 

Wearing Baju Melayu for the first time for the cultural-themed Gala dinner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Went to Tioman island for the first time! With Kaj, Aaron and Lingwei. It was stunning and just enjoyed the bonding time.

Before one of our snorkelling trip. Disclaimer: I am not a big fan of deep water.

Attended the classy and fun church Anniversary Gala Dinner in Sunway Pyramid Resort Ballroom.

Completed my 6 weeks medical attachment in Singapore with Kaj and Dejun. Had a blast!

My clinical group in National University Hospital Paediatrics Department. Thanks for being so nice to me.

The NUS 5th-years in General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Scrubbing in and assisting in operations for the first time!

Well, my life wouldn’t be complete without mentioning my favourite hobby…

SLEEP!!!

Good bye 2009! Welcome 2010! The best year yet!

Bad influence?

Since young, I have been taught that I should not mix with those that are bad guys, and stay away from bad influences. ‘the bad guys!’ And that if I mix with those people that are positive, I will stay positive.

But… I have also learned that I should not judge people and no matter what’s their past, what bad things they have done… I should embraced that and tolerate each other.

Then I thought… most people stay away from people that they don’t like, including me as well. But these people that has been isolated, hated, and ignored… it’s such a pity that they are alone and no ones like them etc. I was just wondering.. maybe we should give these people a second chance? Not like as if we have the power to renew their… I mean just be a little friendlier and nicer to them…

Some people don’t realize they have offended others, or irritated people… or said the wrong thing to others thus causing them to be labeled ‘mean, irritating, annoying, even stupid’… how many of us actually tell them face to face? ‘hey, that wasn’t appropriate, she was offended by your words, maybe you shouldn’t have said that…’

Some take it negatively…’who are you to tell me that, F*** off’

While some will take it constructively…’okay, I shouldn’t have said that’

It’s just a random thought… the way we treat people…

Being hated

I wonder how he feels, to be hated by everyone in the class.

Well, the better question to ask is does he even have the insight that everyone hates him?

Everyone just hate to be around him, hate to listen to him, hate to have any eye contact with him, just HATE him.

He so need to learn when to shut up. Chinese have this saying ‘ If you stop talking, no body would think you’re mute!’

HE thinks he is superior than everyone else and he always like to ‘EDUCATE’ people. Geez… unless you’re my professor, just speak like a normal person please.

He bullies those that never fight back, he feels good that way I guess.

And that cynical laugh… just literally make people go ‘ARGHHHH!!!!’ It’s not even funny.

Making fun of people, taking pictures of my friend’s legs who happen to be wearing a skirt, pictures of people who are darn tired taking an afternoon nap and putting them up in facebook… not very attractive.

He’s like… freaking 3 years older than me… but acting like a kid seeking for attention… it’s just laughable…

Sometimes I get so angry with him… but when I stand back and look at the big picture… it’ll be childish to fight with a child.

MIMSC 2009

4-6th September, the 1st International Malaysian Medical Students Conference was held in Palace of the Golden Horses and IMU Bukit Jalil. As part of the program secretariat subcommittee, though the hard work, I have came to realize how much I love to organize. I strongly believe it’s a gift.

I also presented a scientific paper entitled The Efficacy and Patient Satisfaction of Radiofreqeuncy-induced Intradiscal Nucleoplasty. Even though I didn’t win, but I have learnt so much about scientific presentation and also enjoyed all other scientific presentations. IMU has 9 scientific papers presented out of the 30 presentations, that’s HUGE! We don’t just have the numbers, we have the quality too! As Chester won the Oral Presentation! So happy for him.

Overall I am very happy that the conference went well and I have gained such a great experience.  The sad part is that I have been busy throughout the conference that I didn’t have much time to get to know other delegates.

Singapore Ear??!!

Today is my first day in Otorhinolaryngology aka ENT posting, and I learned something called Otomycosis.

I searched in wikipedia… and it’s shown:

Otomycosis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Otomycosis (also known as Singapore Ear) is a fungal ear infection, a superficial mycotic infection of the outer ear canal. It is more common in the tropical countries. The infection may be either subacute or acute and is characterized by inflammation, pruritus, scaling, and severe discomfort. The mycosis results in inflammation, superficial epithelial exfoliation, masses of debris containing hyphae, suppuration, and pain^.

The ear came from Singapore?

Singapore, here I come!

Just received this e-mail from Singapore today:

Dear Lee Dai Wee

I am pleased to inform you that your request to undertake the following posting are approved.

Paediatrics, National University Hospital

2 November to 20 November 2009 (3 weeks)

Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital

23 November to 11 December 2009 (3 weeks)

The hard copy of the approval letter will be forwarded to your postal address soon.

Thank you.

Regards
The Dean’s Office, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Well I so wanted to get Internal Medicine + Surgery. I got Paeds instead of Medicine, SAD! Med is my favourite, and if you know me well, Paeds ain’t my piece of cake. But it’s alright, maybe it’s time to buckle up in Paeds. It was not an easy process to get the spot.

Looking forward to 6 weeks of fun and learning, I am sure it’ll be very enjoyable, coz I will going with my fellow housemates Kajen and Dejun. Woohoo!

Tak ada harga…

2 days ago I went grocery shopping with my grandmother in Tesco Selayang. When waiting for all my item to be scanned at the payment counter, there was 1 item without price tag and bar code.  Then the cashier just stare at me saying ‘tak ada harga, tak boleh key-in’.

I said ‘ cari-lah, find-out about it’. She got pissed off and reluctantly asked her colleague to find out about the price. Then her superior came and settled the problem, without apologizing.

There was also some bystanders commenting on my action that I insists on buying that item.

Is was a very unpleasant experience. That cashier did not solve the problem, but just throw the problem to me, the customer. I was pissed off of course. It is not my problem that the item has no price tag, and she expects me to give up that item so that the line so be cleared up faster. Well, that item was the most expensive item in my shopping list, and I ain’t gonna give it up just because she can’t solve the problem. Such a simple problem but she can’t solve it. The company might have just lost the sale of 1 item, because of one’s foolishness.

Punctuality

It is sad to know that medical students don’t know how to be on time, well at least some.

I am not trying to say I am always on time, sometimes I am late as well. But I just can’t stand those that absolutely don’t care about being late. Being on time is such a basic thing and I think it’s 1 of the most important thing employers look for in their staff. It a basic means of respect, and if you’re late they won’t even care how good you’re in anything else. Late means late.

The other thing is that being on time doesn’t literally means being on time. A class starts at 2pm, you arrive the classroom at 2pm SHARP on the dot, you think you’re punctual? I think its a BIG NO. When an agenda is scheduled to start at a certain time for example 2pm, it means the program has to start 2pm on the dot. So to me in a classroom, before 2pm everything should have been prepared like computer, LCD projectors, Powerpoint presentation etc. So my standard is that if you’re not 5 minutes early, you’re late. In med school, it’s very common that lecturers are late mostly 5-10 minutes as they’re working doctors with tight schedule.  I find it hilarious that usually it’s those who are late that keep complaining about the lecturers being late.  Such a funny scenario, yet irritating.

I think punctuality is such an important attribute that would definately increase your value and your bosses would be so impressed.  I personally have great respect for those who are on time i.e. 5 minutes early.