induction camp

The stuff i brought back from induction camp which i was instructed to attend by the ministry of health....guess it was rewarding after all the sleeps in lectures and the stupid LDKs (Latihan Dalam Kumpulan) pluek*

so as requested by shengyuan, here goes~:)



the beach,
new life....

the only morning without exercise at 6am....but i'm up to catch this guy....
=)

cute huh? there're plenty of cows, but they aint cute....:)

This is the fishing village right beside our resort...

nice view....
hope u enjoyed it~:)
will be posting more photos if there's a chance~
God bless,
and luv u guys~

GARDENING!!!

People used to say, guys who like fish are boring people...
Yeah i like fish,
i love kois....

And lately, worst still, I fell in love with,
Gardening...yes....i'm a super boring guy....:P

But then, i realize something, I have green fingers!
So here goes....plants are just like hidden treasures...just need some watering, feeding, pruning, trimming and some knowledge about its nature, and that's all needed to grow money out of soil! yes, nowadays plants cost so much! A simple plant like the water jasmine shown later would costs easily 4-5k and above!

With the power of internet, plenty of knowledge can be acquired by just a simple click away...

Some simple effort needed and let nature runs its own course, and the plants will turn into treasures~:)
So I'm gonna share abit on fertilizers....
It comes in slow or fast releasing form, and NPK (its component) ratio. Which is Nitrogen(urea), Phosphorus and Pottasium (Kalium).

And do u know about the plant Willow tree? something which may be related to medicine is that the tree has contributed to the discovery of Aspirin! And lately it has been used to obtain a growing agent for plants, which is Auxin, which is the growth enzyme for rooting and branch formations...and hence used for growth inducing agent in gardening...

Ok, i know i know...gardening is indeed boring....
so here are some photos to share with u guys...


This plant is Bougonvillae, in mandarin- paper flower... Not much water needed, or the roots will rot....this is Taiwan species....more flowers, with mixed coloured leaves....This one's a 'fat choi' plant....chinese can really name stuff....everything nice they'll name them, fat choi, ah choi, kam choi, ngan ji, etc etc etc...all related to money money money....
This is a long abandoned christmas tree and has been shaped and pruned to bonsai style~

As said earlier, this is a shui mei (water jasmine)....very good plant for giant bonsai style...and need little care...

Water jasmine flower...


Another long abandoned plant pruned into bonsai style...


This, is fu gui hua(wealth flower in mandarin)....it is called the desert rose...not much water needed but plenty of sun shine is pivotal....note the pebbels....it increases the temperature of the soil to reduce moisture!
SO, 'gardening aint that boring afterall?'
OR, 'ewww stupid blog entry....bored to death....'
haha...cheerz

The Secret of Change

So, for the past weekend, I've spent it assisting my uncle, Dr Victor SL Tan- A man who is positive, courageous, optimistic and yet calm in everything he does. He is the managing director of a corporate company, KL Strategic. The seminar was a 3 days 2 nights stay in Ipoh, Clearwater Golf and Country, in a chalet! cool...

So this was the chalet i stayed in,


With such great view...


The talk was about management, company vision, mission, ASOT analysis, all in which was totally unrelated to my field, but yet, there're alot of words which has inspired me.

So what does this got to do with the title 'The Secret of Change'?

okay this is one of the books written by him, and it consists of poems, related to "Changing Mindset". The launching of this book will be on 6th of Nov. And you can get this book from MPH. =)

One of my favourite is "The True Secret":

A book of Rhonda Bryne's invention-
The Secret- gets much attention,
Hyped up as a way of wealth creation,
It postulates that The Law of Attraction,
Through visualization,
will cause the vibration,
To result in the creation,
Of all your heart's aspirations.

I say, the Law of Attraction,
Will not work without action;
To succeed, we need a clear direction,
A focus without mental distraction,
A constant march towards our destination.

We need to build a close relation,
with others we are in association.
To help each other achieve one's mission,
We need to overcome frcition,
Reduce tension, as we climb in ascension.

Truly, action is the way of realization,
of the goals to achieve our ambition;
without it, visualization is mere illusion.
A true achiever is not a magician,
But one of passion with concrete action.

By Dr Victor SL Tan.





Inspired? haha. Be positive, optimistic, couragious, and above all, change.

To be able to self improve, is to be open to critism, willingness to self reflect, and the ability to,
change...

Anatomy

Human body is just like a piano,

to learn about its anatomy,



first u have to strip it naked...
and look nicely, front, side, back, top, and, below...





And look near, close enough to see every single small little details,
and of course, have some hands on...



Next you have to examine every single small little part,
how it works, the physiology,
and how it hit the correct note...








By practical approach, u can perfect your knowledge on certain anatomy and physiology,
and so i realize,
after stripping and dissecting a piano to learn about it's anatomy,
I realized that what I've put my hands on after 5 years learning human's anatomy in IMU was just this:

Plastics made from components like malamine maybe?

"TOGETHER LEARNING, IMU CARES"
and IMU ROX!LOLX~

Armageddon

A movie once touched my heart. A romantic love story with a romantic love song.
Played by me,
my own version~

Super Mario is here!

Everybody around me would be familiar with Super Mario. A game so so so famous during our childhood times now being replaced with Dota and Counter strike. This game was initially played on game consoles MicroGenius, and later on developed into Nintendo games, and subsequently into 3D mode for Playstation.

It was so so fun playing this game, at least that time, as a kid, for me. Okay now i would think this is lame, to go after some moving mushrooms, then growing into gigantism, and eating flowers to enable Mr Mario to shooooooot fireballs like some dragonball guy, but still, it felt like i've played it yesterday night.

So then i heard this song played on piano one day, and the search began on youtube for this song, piano version.

Apparently this main theme was written by a japanese pianist Koji Kondo, which he also called himself the Blind Folded Pianist. But i couldnt find any video on this original guy who named himself the blind folded pianist playin this song blind folded. Instead i found this weirdo nerdy guy playin this song so much faster than the original guy , better stil, he played it BLIND FOLDED!

check it out:

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFZki6TcY4w

look at the way he move his fingers and how he flowed the way through with the music. Ok the sound quality was bad, and his piano was cheapo stuff.:p

So i started practising the songs, and seriously it sounds cool. Seriously, if u guys think electric guitar's cool, playin this song blind folded like this nerdy fella is way cooler....hahaha...I meant his skills, duh...

The piano score for the main theme are as follow:





Leave me some comment if u want anymore of the piano scores for the other themes....oh i love this song....

Cheerz pplz~:)

Koi

This photo shown here is a koi pond. Koi, pronounced as ko-ee, meaning japanese carp. They are bred in Japan and imported while they were still young. Why are they so precious? Because they're expensive... one baby koi costs you at least about RM100. Of course when there're the imported one, there'll be locally produced one. And a locally produced baby koi costs? RM1, for 10 of them!

So why are japanese Koi expensive? Cuz they are bred in Japan. And Japan is a high tech country with a Sun on their flag. So what?, just breed them locally and make urself big bucks! The answer is, nahhh, u cant. Why? cuz Malaysia has one hell hot weather which makes all the Japanese Kois go 'sterile' and erectilly dysfunctional; while the local kois evolved and have high sperm count and possibly high libido all year round.

To maintain a koi pond takes alot of effort, time and energy. The pond's filter system, air pump system and the water pump play the most pivotal role. Although Kois are fresh water creature, u need salt to maintain the oncotic pressure and also to provide an ideal environment for the mucous formation on their scale as a protective mechanism. The filter needs to be well set up and frequently washed. It has to be made up of at least a few sections of bio filters, UV rays and some profesionals recommend Carbon or Sand filter.

The popularity of Kois on the other hand, however, came from history in Japan a few thousand years ago when they ATE them as part of their meals, just like salmon. And some smart Japo guy started cross breeding them, between the black and the red ones, to get the mixed coloured. And between the mixed coloured ones to get the dirtily mixed ones. And they started naming each one of them with some hi-tech names like Kohaku, Sanke, Showa, SuShui, Ogon, Obama....nah, just kidding about the Obama thingy... And so they made themself millionaires, and they're part of Japanese History in Japanising the Globe......Just like what Sushi King is doing...

Below are some photos of my Kois...Not the best quality, but still, my precious...




This however was taken with slower shuttle speed and smaller aperture:
Tada...artistic mou?:)

The Web...

With the advancement of technology and widespread usage of the internet, I've always kept myself updated with current national or international news or events. The local newspapers are famous for their partially transparency in their reportings. The worst newspaper would be the one getting sued by famous politician left right centre, u know which one I'm saying.

However my favorite source of updated news would be of course the spider's home- Web. As it's name implies, it indicates the widespread coverage and a well formed network.

Below are the websites I think it's useful:

www.thestar.com.my - although its TheStar website, they constantly update their news.

www.malaysiakini.com - This is a subcription based website, however the BM version is free. Dont ask me why...

www.youtube.com - huh? okok, u have to search for "malaysia kini" on the search toolbar, and enter the malaysiakini account. These videos are only assessible for PAID subscriber from Malaysia Kini but in YouTube, they're FREE. Lots of interesting videos and news which u cant find on TV.

www.malaysia-today.com - Wanna know how Raja Petra got detained? go check this website out.

Last of all- uniteduntitled.blogspot.com... *cough cough*

*clap clap clap*

democracy of Malaysia

It has been such a drama-like political progress here back in Malaysia throughout the past few months. A democratic country we were told to love, and to instill a spirit of patriotism since we were kids is now facing numerous issues and critism all throughout the world. With the recent 916 promise made by Dato Sri Anwar Ibrahim, the detention of Sinchew Reporter,Teressa Kok, RPK, and Namewee, Malaysia citizens are definitely growling in frustration.

There has been numerous protest, street march, and even lantern vigil if you may call it,to show the disagreement and the resentment felt by the citizens over the usage and implementation of ISA by the government. Be it for the security of the government, or the security of one Sinchew reporter, from my point of view, it should be abolished, after 51 years of independance.

As a Malaysia bornt chinese citizen, I cant help to feel more and more reluctant and helpless on our status in Malaysia. Seeing issues on rasicm, corruption, injustice and crime rate rising over time is definitely putting the patience of Malaysia's citizens into test of threshold. Even talks in mamak by teenagers nowadays would be filled with political issues, and plans to 'escape' and find a whole new world outside from such a beautiful country.

I wont elaborate further on these issues, as i wont want myself ending up seeing a police officer knocking on my door next morning and being put into jail without my parents even knowing where the hack is their son.



This is pudu jail. Didnt know how it looks like inside until i had a good look from Times Square Hotel lounge. I wonder how it feels like...to be in a cell as tiny as my bathroom...

Wonder how it feels inside?start a blog, and the police will make sure u're safe inside it.

photos only...

This blog entry is to solely share on the photos I've taken...There're still rooms for improvement of course and I'll work on it~


As told earlier, this is 'Turtle'...Found this fella in Batu Pahat by my kawan -feizi - aka Dr Lim HC...wanted to name it by his name but i thought that would insult him, and also his parents....haha...
Turtle then lived happily ever after in my garden where nobody give a shit bout him/her...

This swan was bought by my beloved mom for RM50...and dad guessed it for RM20...worst still- after discount RM15...well done dad! :p
The place i spend my time whenever i'm free...A place to indulged in your own feelings...

His name was Viki cuz of his white "V" on his chest,

then it was changed to Blackie cuz one of my couz has the same name as Viki,

and now mom's calling him - oh ki linga (hokkien- meaning Indian). [ps: not being racist from skin colour but the fact he barks in tamil *aheM*]

The guy trapped in the pagoda said in the earlier blog came out fishing...

There's not even a hook on the strings...thats why he's forever there....smart guy Chen Sui Bian...

My Nikon D60

Met this gorgeous babe one day in Times Square and my zhu and i decided that I should invest in a good DSLR (Digital Single Lense Reflex) camera. It has long been my aim to get a good camera which can take photos of various style.

This is definitely a good buy. At RM 2050 I've got myself a brand new Nikon D60, inclusive of an original bag, 4 feet tripod, UV filter and a 4GB SD card! Ooops, this supposed to be a secret since i got this from a friend of mine from Shangri-La and I've promised not to spoil the market by telling people the price. But hack who cares, the camera's mine anyway.

So this babe has a 10.2 Megapixel resolution, together with a 18x55mm Auto Focus with Vibration Reduction function lense. It also comes with a anti-dust airflow system and auto image sensor cleaning system which shakes of dust from the image sensor board anytime i want to. Safe all the hastle of cleaning it manually which may put my camera into jeopardy.

DSLR is way much better than having a normal digital camera as the image captured is so much well defined, not to mention being able to control the aperture and the shuttle speed manually. It requires skill and experience to have the best result. The special function about this camera is the ability for the shuttle speed to be taken at 'bulb' mode where the shuttle opens as long as your finger is ont the capture button. Investing in such device which can capture great unforgetable moments and at the same time able to produce artistic pictures is definitely a must for me.

Nikon is a well established brand for cameras and SLRs. This babe was ergonomically designed so well that it fits so comfortably into both hands. The buttons for different functions are all within reach of every fingers, and each and everyone of them combined with the functions they provide, gives this camera a near perfection. okay, at least to me...

Below are some of the photos i've taken, check it out...


I spent 15 minutes sitting beside this fella(a turtle, and his/her name is 'turtle' yea, thats it)... just to get his/her head shot... btw i have no idea about his/her gender...
My chinese flutesssss...to clear the doubts, different size are for different keys....different size has different feel too...*hmmm* oh gosh i sound like gay...
A pagoda after a bridge across a koi pond, inside stayed an old man named chen shui bian...

More photos to come...

Thank God

She's my best friend, she shares my ups and down, go through thick and thin, and stands by me all the time.

She's also my best teacher, a teacher who taught me something more than whatever it is written in text books or dictionaries- she taught me about things beyond those, about life- she's the best philosopher.


She's a leader in my faith, bringing me to church, telling me to pray, to believe in God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

You may call me a mommy's boy but I wont be bothered now, this blog entry is dedicated to my beloved mom, as I almost lost her.

I was given a great blessing from God, a great mom, who's forever so selfless, kind, loving and protective. Not to mention, being positive and strong as ever. Whoever dont understand the phrase 'age gracefully' can look onto my mom and get the best living example ever.

27th Aug 2008 8.30 pm
She rushed into my room, hands shaking, eyes filled with tears, whole body trembling and shouting in agonizing pain. Her right hand was in full force, gripping tightly and with her knuckle, pressing against her right temporal bone. Being a tough and with enormously high pain threshold, I knew at that instance- something must be really wrong, and i shouted for help.

How idiotic was I to rush for two stupid paracetomol tablets thinking it may be a severe migraine attack like one of those she has been always complaining about constantly. When I return to my room, she was having an episode of partial seizure, drooling saliva, and her eye lids were dropping. Vomitus were next to be seen regurgitating out from her mouth which was clenched tightly by her jaw. She then lost consciousness and her soul was in God's hand. Everything happened within two minutes- It was indeed an emergency...

She was then carried by my dad, my youngest bro, Hui and I downstairs into the car. It was not an easy task, not due to her weight, but everypart of her body were flabby and partially digested food particles were all over. Dad was panicky, bro was shocked and pushing all his adrenaline out and contracting every single muscle of his to carry mom, and me- praying to God ,please Lord, save my mom.

Throughout the whole journey to the emergency department, i held her head upright, knowing that she's in coma and vomitting non stop, the vomitus may block her upper airway and subsequently she'll go into respiratory arrest. She was sent to Kajang hospital.

10 minutes after ariving, she developed respiratory arrest and the doctors had to resuscitate her. That was when I knew i needed to inform my elder sis who's in Australia. I told her everything and ask her to be prepared for the worst, and at the same time, pray for Lord's mercy.

She was succesfully resuscitated, intubated and put on mechanical ventilation was later sent to Hospital Serdang for a CT brain. I followed every single step, and the scan returned showed something which seems really familiar. A bright spot at the right temporal region- a fresh intracranial bleed which i used to see in hospital during rounds on stroke patients. But this cant be happening. My mom being a perfectly healthy yoga-going lady without any previous co-mormidity, almost impossible.

She was subsequently referred to GHKL, admitted to ICU at 3am the next day and an emergency brain angiogram was scheduled when office hour commenced. The attending specialist told us that she has had a ruptured intracranial vessel from AV malformation and an emergency craniotomy(cutting open her skull to remove the blood clot and to remove the AV malformation) will be needed a.s.a.p. and he did not even dare to say about chance of recovery more so on her possibility of returning to normal daily function.

Life was never that tough for me, not even close to having my finals of passing medical school. Having to handle every single situation, every steps taken by the doctors, every single visitor's Q and A session, every single phone call from relatives sobbing in tears, and everything back at home with a youngest school going bro and the oldest granny who's on walking frame, these were not easy at all. Since i was the eldest after my sister who's far away in Melbourne, I knew i have to be tough and calm. And we had to hide everything from my first younger bro, Hong who had just left to the States for his studies two weeks ago as we did not want him to be worried and not being able to concentrate in his studies. I'm sorry bro, thats the best for you.

Her operation was a success, but the surgeon who has cut my mom's head out (thanks Aunt Jane and Uncle Victor for the help in arranging the best Dr for us), being the head of Department, Mr Saffari, did not even dare to guarantee her regaining of consciousness. "Days" was his period given for us to wait to look for the results, and "pray" was his advice on our next course of action. Indeed we prayed, everyone of us.

The next day after operation, she was extubated. She can breath by herself again! And the next day she was able to talk and she was back on her feet day three post operatively. Such amazing determination shown by her. She was discharged day 12 post-op and is currently back home to make this home a complete one. She's recovering well and currently suffers from visual field defect and sligh left lower limb numbness which i believe will recovers in no time.

Life is so fragile. One moment your loved ones maybe here, and the next moment they may be in God's hand. After fighting throught death, my mom alway says : cherish every single person around us, forgive and forget and her famous quote :joh lang, chin chai lah(in short, be kind to people as a human).

Mom, great to have u back home. A home is never a home without you.

Elaboration...

This is the first blog i'm posting up, after 24 years of living in this world, i've finally started my own blog with a title of United Untitled. This first blog will be an elaboration of the reasons why i've started my own blog and why did i used such title for my blog.

The reasons to start a blog:
1. I've just finished 5 bloody long years in medical school and i wanna start doing something stupid (i always think blogging is the stupidest thing to do)
2. I wana start doing things which might make me famous, like kennysia.
3. I will be blogging about general interest, fields which i have knowledge in, or skills which i can share.
4. I can go on and on typing stupidest reasons why i've started blogging so i'm gona stop here.


The reasons for a title as above are:

1. I'm gonna blog about different issues and topics, and hence, no single title will fit my blog, so the word United and untitled.
2. both words starts with U and ends with D. Okay this is stupid.
3. I'm out of ideas.
4. I'm getting out of here cuz blogging is so boring.

ok guys, thanks for reading. ;)

second blog in progress...