FInish Exam!!!

Wah..
finally...

I've finish the so called "MOST DIFFICULT EXAM ever.."

The'd better make the passing mark lower..if not, 80% of 4th year medics will balik kampung..

Hmm..the exam was just 1 MCQ n 1 OSCE.. all in 1 day..sounds easy rite..

The MCQ (multiple choice question) in the morning, hmm, actually not really multiple choice.. cos only 2 choices..true or false questions..

Total of 50 x 5 questions.. The questions..whoa.. i think you have to be the writer of the book oni can answer 1.. depends on which book somore..

If you write Impey (the book that most use) u can answer 60% + 10 % self deduction..
10% from journals.. another 10 % from google search the last 10% from the 1 who set question punya experience..

Conclusion, susah..

The OSCE (supposed 2 be an oral n physical examination part) consist of 22 stations, 2 hours ++
Manatau, kena tipu..end up only 5 question that got manusia..the other stations all self directed, have to answer on the spot..stress, but the fastest 2 hour ever..

Good news is, its OVER!!!
Bad News is, results is yet to come..

Hopefully this is OVER FOREVER...haha..

How to increase mental performance?

During exam period, my brain automatically switch to the sleepy-all-the -time mode as a natural mechanism to protect me from harm... "Exam stimulus" send a signal to the hypothalamus of my brain and thus trigger the negative feedback mechanism n results in the inhibition of my waking up cycle... So, i guess it is not reeli my fault that i failed to stay awake n study..

Prophylaxis has to be taken to prevent this auto-mechanism that 50% of the population suffer from... common age group 15- 25. male n female equally affected..

How to stay alert at night?

I've tried a lot of methods to try n counter this mechanism which surprisingly is only triggered by exams..

Ish..my friend suggested mandi air sejuk, or exercise, jump about, or simply choose the right time..

1am is the most sleepy time of the day in a normal human..So from 1 - 2 am try to do stg not that boring (study)?

1) The conventional method that most would prefer:

Randomised controlled trial proven to be useful

Pros: cheap n can be easily bought over the counter..

but after using for long term, the body is now immune to it...

2) Cheap tesco energy drink:

Pros: Cheap..1.55 pds for 6 botol.. (not proven to work)

Common Side effects: Headache, dizziness in high dosage.. some complained of rashes after drinking..

3) Newer Methods

Pros: less side effects, so far doesnt cause dizziness.. increase mental alertness as stated on the bottle

Cons: expensive, contains sugar...mayb lead to diabetes in long term..

Pros: Sugar free, increase mental performance, reflex action, alertness..

Common Indication: sports, study

Side effects: not known

Cons: expensive la..most expensive of them all..

Status: Currently under trial.. tomoro see I die onot..haha

4) Complementary Medicine

Not known of effectiveness, but prefered by lots of ppl.. especially those from south east asia (e.g: indons).. Can be used inconjunction with other methods...

Side Effect: Fat.. overdose causes sleepiness

Contra-indication: Obesity

If all else fails, palliative measures can be taken to make the patient die at ease...


1 glass of red wine n tido...then tunggu mati... (pray that u get the questions in your dreams)

Inform family and friends of the risk of failure...

Stupid

There is only 1 word that I can use to describe myself right now..

S.T.U.P.I.D..

I'm supposed 2 go to the hospital to give some blood for an "Oat Experiment" that i'm on.. (for more details on Oat Experiment, refer to glossari)

As usual, with my now-rusted-bicycle, i cycled to the bus stop to wait for shuttle bus.. Upon reaching, I see a bunch of people waiting somewhere there.. without thinking, I assumed that they were all waiting for the shuttle as well.. since all the new students came in already, so should be normal to have that many ppl waiting for shuttle (normally only jarang- jarang 2 manusia)

Hmm..it did caught my attention that the freshers this year looked abit old.. I stoood beside them and waited together..

5 mins later..yeai..here comes the shuttle.. me still partially dreaming, just looked at the shuttle, as it made its way pass the whole bunch of ppl.. I din even make an effort to flag it down, since its quite obvious that so many ppl are waiting..

ZOOOMMMMMMM... I suddenly came back to earth..

The shuttle went past.. nobody said anything.. no reaction also... i looked at them, they r still talking like b4...

They r not even waiting for the shuttle!!!

Eh..I'm not even really in the right spot that the shuttle normally stop.. argh..
what was I thinking...
If i walk away now it'll be so obvious how stupid I am.. to miss the shuttle right in front of me..
Jaga muka abit, i took out my fone n pretend to look at it, then slowly walk away..

(another usage of iphone.. whenever u feel awkward or shy or weird, u can just take it out n look, n there's plenty to do with it..)


Glossari

Oat Experiment - An experiment that i signed up for, where all u need to do is eat oats for a month, n keep a food diary for a week and give 3 blood samples.. free oats breakfast for 1 month.. n u get 50 pds at the end..

Pasrah

Haih... based on my new mission of wanting to do good, i try 2 act smart la..
Basically i help dis fella do stg, but not appreciated.. sumore go make such a big deal out of it...

Argh.. my english not that good, so cant fight back also..ARGHH...
damn damn geram.. small matter only wad.. make such a big fuss.. ppl help u dy, thank you also din say, scold me back pula.. (din reeli scold la, but still her tone like i just killed her dog lidat)

i oredi say sorry liao (although i am trying to help u) n oredi give you the solution, help u do sumore.. wad la..what else u want!!!

kiasu kiasi bo steady!!! so so geram... GESND!!! argh argh argh argh argh..slap slap kick kick kick..

okla, finish ranting liao, puas abit..

anyway,
went for my practice osce today..haih, I finally understand how those dumb fella or those who have speech problem feel.. Its like u can picture in your mind, u know what u want to say, but just cant put it in words.. U let me speak in hokkien la..kasi u all tapau.. or speak in my english at least...

ish ish ish..study la..too distracted liao, hard 2 concentrate..
i tipu, i abit also tak puas..tak puas..wana take her, squeeze her, n make her understand...
buuuuuuuuuuu

The Mad Dog

I was sitting in my room, trying to squeeze some information into my compact and immobile brain. As usual, my attention wandered to a bunch of teenagers with their "cool" Adidas tracksuit having a session of kick-abouts in the carpark. Just at that moment, a little brown dog appeared from the bushes, wagging its golden brown tail. It caught a "fat boy wearing a shirt that is obviously too small for him" 's attention and the whole group started to corner the poor dog..

Wow, the carpark suddenly turned into a science lab... They started splashing water at it, waiting for it to form a reaction. Nothing happened..the dog continued wagging its tail.. Big mistake..more is to come..from water to the bottle, stones, n finally their feet.. arghh...

Leaving my "Obs and Gyne" book behind, I went down to"save" it. I just claimed that its mine, gave a smile and walked away.. Feuh... I was relieved.. Back in my room, holding the dong, I didn't know what to do with it.. I noticed some injury marks on his body and some old bruises..

"what a poor dog"..

its wearing an old rusty chain on its neck which I'm surprised did not strangle him. The owner's name was smeared and faded... hmm.. I decided to keep the dog...

That was the best decision I've ever made... This little creature that I named "Wo Wo " is a great great great companion.. He's fun, energetic, cute, playful, loving, loyal.. everything you wud want in a dog.. From the moment I opened my eyes in the morning, he'll alwiz be there to great me, inviting me to play, running about in the room, I just loved him... with him around, I alwiz start the day with a smile..However, no matter how happy we played, I can almost alwiz notice a glimpse of sadness in WoWo's eyes.. there are times that he would be standing at the corner of the room, circling in a world of its own...

One day, after my "Obs and Gyne" exams, I went home anticipating my little friend to greet me at the doorsteps... "Hmm.. thats weird..." nothing came and I've never seen it again since.. it must have gone back to his owner...

Wo Wo

6 Years ago, he was adopted from SPCA by his master. WoWo had to leave his friends in SPCA to a new place so foreign and new to him.. but as time passed, he's quick to get used to the new environment, only because his master was nice to him.. His new master, only 12 years old at that time was patient in training him, played with him, gave him full attention, cared for him. They both had a great time running in the woods, playing in the field, going to places that only both of them knew, doing things that he'll only do with WoWo around .. He soon treated WoWo like part of his family.. in fact, WoWo was his best friend...They would eat, sleep, play and do everything together.. He even tried to sneak WoWo in his school bag to school just to spend more time with WoWo..

As years passed, WoWo started to expect to play more with his master, since they were both such great companions for each other.. However, as his master grew older, things start to change.. He met new friends in high school, got himself a few girlfriends, started to stayed out late at night drinking with his new clicks... WoWo waited patiently at home for his master to come back everynight.. but he sometimes never did.. Even if he's back, he would start throwing liquor bottles at WoWo, hitting and pinching WoWo, or even throw him out of the house leaving WoWo alone out in the cold...

Poor WoWo still sees him as the loving and caring master he used to be... everytime he got thrown out, he'll wait patiently as the next morning when his master is sober, he'll pick him up again n played with him for a few moment before he's off to school again.. everyday WoWo will be waiting with hopefull eyes that someday his master will bring him to school again, just like before...but no, nomore having WoWo in his bag, nomore showing him off to his friends at school and be proud of him.. Instead, he's now embarrassed to show his tiny dog around compared to those huge dogs that the "cool-gangs" have..

WoWo soon realised that his old master will never come back..

Its alright, as long as he pats WoWo's head every morning, that was enough for WoWo to know that his master still cares.. even if he hits WoWo at night, its alright, he's just drunk..the next morning he'll still pat WoWo's head.. He's afterall just a dog.. Its just that WoWo was given hope in the beginning that he's actually part of the family.. he just have to accept it now and do what a dog is supposed to do...

What happened to WoWo afterthat was not documented... No-one knows what happened that made WoWo came to me...

6 month later..

I've almost completely forgotten about WoWo when I saw this street performance on Royal Mile.. I went across, and it was not a street performance after all. It was a familiar creature that I once loved.. Wo Wo.. but it looks different now.. His fur is not golden brown anymore.. he's now got patches of uneven fur with mud and dirt on it.. the scarce fur left is stucked together by tint of blood stains.. I cant help but to shout to him...

"WoWo!!"

When I called him, he started to move... but no longer running joyfully towards me.. he hopped on his three legs and barked angrily at the crowd, showed his teeth and raged at everyone... He can't even recognise me anymore.. I soon realised that this is not the friendly and lively WoWo that I used to know.. My visions starts to get blur from accumulating tears.. WoWo has gone mad..

I just turned and walked away..

adapted and modified from one of the SPM 101 English Essay

Crash

The stock market crashed last week, though analysts are calling it a correction.

President Bush was asked if customers should be concerned about all these bank closings.
He said:

"it doesn't matter - if the bank is closed, just use the ATM..."

-Jay Leno

Lehman Brothers bankrupt, Merrill Lynch trying to sell, AIG in trouble... But to the heart of millions, AIG denotes only 1 thing : Manchester United... Ppl worried about whether they can survive to continue sponsoring or not.. haha, mayb cos I'm in UK.

So, any1 got spare change, pinjam them la..

Tax

I received an email from a friend that talks about the politic and economy of Malaysia... It started stg like this:

Malaysia - A Failed Nation?

Those who started work around 1973

a 1.3 Litre Japaness car was RM 7,000
Today the equivalent let's say it is RM 60,000......... 8.5 times more...

In 1973, a double storey house was about RM 45,000..or less
Today it is about RM 300,000..........6.6 times more...

In 1973 an Engineer's pay was RM 1,000
Today it is about RM 2,000 +/-......... bzz bzz...2 x nia..

Prices of houses in Perth is about the same as Australia
Prices of Car 23% cheaper in Australia...

Developed country by 2020?

Let's look at some as of year 2005 ( Financial Times )
USA GNP per capita US$ 35,400
UK GNP per capita US$ 25,510
Australia GNP per capita US$ 19,530
Singapore GNP per capita US $ 20,690
Malaysia GNP per capita US $ 3450

To compound the effect of inflation, the ringgit has depreciated
greatly against all major currencies. The real income of most
Malaysians has moved backwards..

This is why many Malaysians suffer under the petrol hike. The root of
the problem is that our real incomes have shrunk in the face of
inflation and depreciated currency..

... dowan kutuk too much la..i still surviving under duit JPA..
Every month get to pay rent n electric bills,
1 week once get dim sum...
got desktop, got basikal... ok liao la..
At least Malaysia Road Tax for motorbike oni RM 20 now...
UK?


Basikal also wana tax: