tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65181312024-03-14T14:07:34.488+08:00M203 DiaryEvent narration and thoughts of the IMU M2/03 batchKen Rheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971472884386191452noreply@blogger.comBlogger261125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-77515671968422153022011-01-04T20:50:00.001+08:002011-01-12T23:51:08.746+08:00UpdateHello everyone... How about someone keep us up to date about all our batchmates... like:
Where you are right now?
Specialising?
Married or not?
Any children?
I think that would help to keep us (by that I mean me hehe) up to date and also to stay in touch...Aciduloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01346227409624989131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-26531079539797502422009-07-15T00:28:00.002+08:002009-07-15T00:41:48.807+08:00Finish lineI think by now, our M203 batchmates have all graduated. Most have gone on to their internships/housemanships. I just wanted to congratulate all of you, and wish you the very best in your respective careers wherever you may be.I miss the good old days in IMU. Living across the road in Vista C. Going out for mamaks late into the night especially nearing the oh-so-frequent exams. Dim sum at Sri Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-5651847393351905062008-10-25T08:51:00.002+08:002008-10-25T09:09:54.897+08:00Conversion bluesOne of the main attraction of australia to work in Australia, aside from the amazingly short hours, is the strength of the dollar compared to countries close to home...one dreams of working the years, and then shipping the money back, with a x3 sign after whatever you have saved...images of bangalows, beach houses, continental cars, early retirement.........Then the financial meltdown came along,Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-18274540591806429062008-10-11T19:19:00.005+08:002008-10-11T20:43:10.314+08:00Datuk GaloreOne might wonder what is the criteria for being conferred Datukship in Malaysia? There are 13 states in Malaysia and it seems each of the ceremonial heads of states have to power to confer titles to whom they see fit...and judging by the pages and pages of names being given Tan Sri's, Dato's, Datuks and what not's, at the rate we are going, almost all Malaysians will be conferred something soonerDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-65556704760709455762008-09-17T20:53:00.003+08:002008-09-17T21:24:37.659+08:00Financial PearlsI know i'm at risk of turning this into a political blog, but man politics in Malaysia is interesting isn't it?Now this one, my friends, is the tale of petrol prices. Well our finance minister...oh no...i told a lie...our ex-finance minister (he is now defense minister) taught me a thing or two about running the country..honestly, cross my heart, I learnt a lot from his endless wisdom.June 4th Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-51104054210311696082008-09-13T08:41:00.004+08:002008-09-13T09:48:13.772+08:00Give me a reason to love my country...For those who know me well enough would know I am one of those who has a burning desire to return back home to Malaysia, God willing, after I gain enough experience abroad. People often ask, "what so good about M'sia that you want to go back?" My answer? Well, as all good Msians we will start with food of course, then of course family and friends come into mind, good weather................and I Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-47958427894019729662008-09-04T21:02:00.014+08:002008-09-04T22:09:46.129+08:00England its best atBefore reading on...remember...this editorial is written by a UNIVERSITY!!ADVERTORIALNew Straits Times23 August 2008, page 43 HONORARY DEGREE AWARD7TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY UNIVERSITY TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIATOYANG AMAT MULIA RAJA ZARITH SOFIAH BINTI ALMARHUMSULTAN IDRIS AL-MUTAWAKIL ALALLAHI SHAHD.K.II, S.P.M.J., S.P.C.M. Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-87219648159588569752008-08-23T09:41:00.003+08:002008-08-23T10:36:59.798+08:00Circus show in MalaysiaQ: What's the difference between a circus and the Permatang Pauh by election?A: ..............can't think of any....What? Why you may ask? well look at it objectively. Both of it have a funfare atmosphere, of extreme entertainment value, filled with clowns, monkeys and what nots singing and dancing, fishing for your attention.Except that sadly, one has a bearing on the future of Msian's that is..Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-30568693188867593342008-07-31T10:09:00.002+08:002008-07-31T10:53:48.404+08:00Made to look like a foolOne of the reasons why I admire the Dr's here is because of the amount of shit they can take each and everyday when they drag themselves to work only to get put down and belittled by a consultant know all in front of everyone...man...i really salute you guys...I got a taste today...and he isn't even my preceptor (who is on holidays)...why I decided to drag my ass out of the bed at 7am to join hisDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-89688077386607169632008-07-28T23:21:00.011+08:002008-07-29T00:39:00.844+08:00Word of the day: Chav.When a consultant in the SGH picks a topic for teaching, he/she briefly explains the reason he/she picked the topic for the week. Usually, because he/she came across a case, or read a new journal article on the subject.Well, I'm writing about chavs because I'm living with them. Not literally, in the same house with them- Thank God!! - but am in the same neighbourhood with them, ie. a council Sheenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09847848294482766294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-33649933992370811672008-07-20T05:36:00.006+08:002008-07-21T07:21:01.466+08:00Can a man have a stand??Haha, its nice to have you back Sheena, funny how we always get the urge to blog around the same time...=PDisclaimer: This post might be offen-..........Ah screw it, why does a person have to have disclaimers and all this politically correctness nowadays? Don't you think we are becoming a society in which tolerance is becoming so...political, that a person can't even voice his views and opinions Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-91462049094647015112008-07-19T02:38:00.005+08:002008-07-19T02:49:56.904+08:00Give the man a star!Well, not quite a star, a datukship.But, for goodness' sake, don't give it to him for being a space tourist. Any one can be a tourist; just a question of how far you get to travel.And how willing our government is to throw ridiculous amounts of honest tax-payers' money at you to indulge its ridiculous attempts at grandeur. But we'll leave that debate for now.If anything, the sultan of Negeri Sheenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09847848294482766294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-34654632807793792012008-05-18T12:38:00.005+08:002008-06-27T15:45:19.843+08:00The ol' timesAs requested:If it isn't clear for whatever reason, I posted them up on my online ablum.Ken Rheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16971472884386191452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-1737526550914507482008-04-13T08:42:00.006+08:002008-04-13T13:44:36.372+08:00Scholarship Students does the HoudiniClick on title for recent article on this issue on the star.Since the last movie I watched was the horrendous show called death defying acts, which stars well....Harry Houdini, Thus the inspiration for the title. Haha, I know this is probably a very "sensitive" to some, and a dilemma to most, but matter of fact is it is a growing problem as the above article has shown. So JPA bashing? Nah...we Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-80456276178818947762008-03-09T08:43:00.006+08:002008-03-09T21:01:33.864+08:00Democracy Lives in Malaysia: Election 2008"Tan Sri Dr Koh has lost his Parliamentary seat!""BN concedes Penang to the opposition!""Samy Vellu has lost his parliamentary seat""The opposition forms government by simple majority in Selangor and Perak""BN denied 2/3 majority!"Mention any of this statements just a day ago, most Malaysian's would have probably snickered, laughed and dismissed it as mere fantasy. Such was the state of affairs Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-53719649347392952842008-03-06T22:36:00.002+08:002008-03-07T00:15:56.190+08:00Lefty in a right worldAs I was about to examine a patient today, I got chastised by my consultant."Daniel, ALWAYS, ALWAYS examine a patient on the right side!"Given the fact there was a damn trolley at the right side of the patient, I thought being on the left side would be alright but NOOOOOoooooo.........Which brings me to my topic for discussion, being a lefty in a right world.Unfortunately i'm not one of the most Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-86023389655783751352008-03-01T18:36:00.004+08:002008-03-01T18:40:16.399+08:00UK DilemmaResponses from DoH regarding the Tooke review. The review itself is too long to read but a particular response from DoH seem encouraging for those that graduated from UK uni."We recommend that overseas students graduating from UK medical schools should be eligible for postgraduate training as should refugee doctors with the right to remain in the UK. (Recommendation 11)"Click here for the Aciduloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01346227409624989131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-40636127649733945232008-02-09T13:00:00.000+08:002008-02-09T13:06:56.824+08:00Attention For Those Seeking Training In UKJust received a news that those who are seeking training post in UK that are not from EU are going to have a tough time....Read about it:1. BBC2. TelegraphHopefully it doesn't affect those who are doing twinning in UK (finding a job in UK after F2 already darn hard especially international student graduated from UK, this is either going to make thing worse or better)... cross my finger and pray Aciduloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01346227409624989131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-32774136684110906812008-01-23T06:06:00.000+08:002008-01-23T06:08:30.663+08:00Cheap thrill is still thrill, OK?Medical student's biggest high:According to Paul Jambu, before we kuchi-rat semester 1 students left for our first visit to Seremban hospital to speak to patients for the first time:"When people look at you in your white lab-coats, and call you 'Doctor' (accompanied by sarcastic head-waggle)."Biggest high of today:Ward clerk introducing me to another ward clerk:"This registrar..."Took me a few Sheenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09847848294482766294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-19465790430357732052007-11-23T06:18:00.000+08:002007-11-23T07:28:30.215+08:00An ExtensionThis started off as a comment to Daniel's previous post, but after a while, I decided that it was lengthy enough to deserve a proper space on this blog.I have no problems with a 2 years housemanship program. The current program is 20 months long (comprising of 5 rotations, each lasting 4 months), so this new proposal is merely a 4 months extension and not a full year's. At the same time, I thinkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-81591285373233868202007-11-23T04:16:00.000+08:002007-11-23T07:01:54.302+08:00On a more frivolous note...Coincidence that Daniel & I should both decide to blog on the same day; the different time zones could explain this actually being able to happen...Right, not going to attempt physics now. I'm struggling enough with medicine as it is, without trying to philosophise the laws of time.As the title says, it's a more frivolous note, as befits a 4th-year Southampton student. 4th-year = research year =Sheenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09847848294482766294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-31694071133240299342007-11-22T08:05:00.000+08:002007-11-22T15:14:27.443+08:00Just when you thought they have done it all...Kah Yee...if you thought there was not much more you can get pissed off about...The Star 22 Nov 2007Move to make sure all doctors have required skills By AUDREY EDWARDS PUTRAJAYA: Newly qualified doctors will have to undergo two years' compulsory housemanship from next year. Currently, they only have to do a year of housemanship. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, who announced Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558750163101787049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-31187051556380928242007-11-13T08:49:00.000+08:002007-11-13T08:50:38.064+08:00Colorectal Surgeon SongUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-5599270870867367822007-10-18T21:27:00.000+08:002007-10-18T21:56:26.402+08:00Privilege, NOT a right.To post comments on this blog is a privilege, NOT a right. Thus any comments that aim to stir up potentially legal trouble WILL be deleted with no questions asked. Your IP address will be logged, and traced and if necessary handed over to the police IRREGARDLESS of who you are. (Yes it has happened before, and it WILL happen again.)You can say anything you like, I for one don't care. But the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518131.post-9329397904961198312007-08-31T17:00:00.000+08:002007-08-31T17:26:01.980+08:00Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan ke-50, MalaysiaBagi sahabat-sahabatku yang kini di luar negeri, nikmatilah satu lagi hasilkerja yang bermutu dari Yasmin Ahamd bagi tahun 2007,Rakan-rakan sekalian,siapa ingat lagi lagu patriotik ini? Sekurang-kurangnya, sudah sepuluh tahun sejak saya dengar lagu ini....Xiao_zhaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14067865696364278622noreply@blogger.com