tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56195412011-08-12T00:22:39.641+08:00Fractured Rhapsody...Just a little place in the World Wide Web to call my own.MCnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-19071558218437682572008-03-25T17:10:00.001+08:002008-03-25T17:13:13.483+08:00Very Funny!Remember the 10 minutes song that I sing during KTV? Here is a new version! :-)MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-48150506538566943982008-02-12T14:57:00.000+08:002008-02-12T14:58:43.419+08:00Off to TaiwanWill be flying off tomorrow and I have to borrow this Claire's song from OT 2 for this special moment,"I am leaving, on a journey, journey of my life! Believing there is a rainbow, at the end, for me."Alright, see you 2 months later!MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-63673214326673383012008-01-27T16:08:00.000+08:002008-01-27T16:12:57.051+08:00The Day before Patho Pros!Is tomorrow! I am so excited, I can't wait! I hope it will be over really soon and that everyone passes and we can all go to our electives and whatever trips at our own leisurely time!Sideline a bit, caught a bit of Stairway to Heaven, that Korean drama on TV during lunch. After so many years, it still managed to trigger some tear flowing mechanism in me. Well, I think IMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-61653514583974080402008-01-24T19:50:00.000+08:002008-01-24T20:13:38.618+08:00FamaleeAs my plantar corn/wart/don't-know-what-crap-it-is continue to be extremely painful while I continue to try to focus on Pathology and think of ways to recall the million of things associated with it. As I woke up this morning with a spoilt phone which got hanged and subsequently could never switch it on anymore, I thought about the famalee. The famalee brought back many sweet memories I MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-50829926790345465052007-12-25T04:13:00.000+08:002007-12-25T04:22:53.810+08:00Merry Christmas!I think I spent my busiest Christmas eve in Year 2007! Being busy is good but I prefer to laze around anytime! A break down of what I did;1) Woke up --> Good Morning!2) OT 2 Rehearsal --> Please do try to make it (4th/5th January, 2008 Tickets starting at 15 dollars). I hope I won't disappoint though. :-)3) I am still rehearsing4) Rehearsing5) Rehearsing --> Trying hard to sing6)MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-65027381146495036892007-12-03T12:17:00.000+08:002007-12-03T12:24:43.057+08:00An Infrequent Random Update (IRU)Anson Chan claimed victory at the Legislative Council by-election today. Although, it is not exactly a landslide victory, it is still very much a major milestone for democracy in Hong Kong. HK also bid farewell to KCR who has served residents of HK for almost a century. With the merger of KCR and MTR, the new entity also known as MTR would mean cheaper fares and MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-81618707491102155892007-11-25T03:00:00.000+08:002007-11-25T03:01:47.447+08:00Miriam's Rather New SongI quite like this song!On a sidenote, reality checks are painful but very much needed.MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-18790783040989483882007-11-22T18:28:00.000+08:002007-12-20T01:42:51.918+08:00Thank you.Thank you Chek Wun, Jen Heng, Wen Hann, Peiyun, Huimin and Jialin for the very wonderful birthday present(s) that you guys have pain-stakingly found for me. It really came as a wonderful surprise and nevermind its belated-ness, it was great nonetheless. I will definitely treasure the Hamtaro (as seen in this blog) like my precious and I can't wait to start using the 2008 calender next MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-61316369242492645542007-10-22T00:51:00.000+08:002007-10-22T00:54:38.452+08:00Latest Korean DramaSurgeon Bong Dal-HeeWell, I guess drama serials always motivate me. They sort of ignite the passion in me and make you question about yourself.Anyway, I like this show. Have not caught any full length Korean drama since Dae Jang Geum and Stairway to Heaven. haha :-) MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-65826467966650640102007-10-19T01:14:00.000+08:002007-10-19T01:18:54.466+08:00Life In PhotosCelebrated someone's birthday with Donuts! Posing with the Paeds Mascot Post Paeds Dim Sum Outing with CG et.alMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-47517556926742687942007-10-19T01:13:00.000+08:002007-10-19T01:14:33.402+08:00Paediatrics.I thought I would like it. But I don't. Developed tension headaches that were so bad.Fallen sick twice also. Is horrible!The end.MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-50780334407159346152007-10-19T01:07:00.000+08:002007-10-19T01:13:17.504+08:00Short PostingsSince I have not blogged for a really long time. Maybe it is time to give a brief synopsis to what is going on in my very boring life. Is all school, but I am going to type 3 boring posts about school.OpthalmologyIt was um....I have nothing very much to say about it. Just that it was a little um...nevermind. Can I use the word boring? But Eyes are important! They are your windows toMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-21950625651662897722007-08-09T21:56:00.001+08:002007-08-09T22:05:22.529+08:00Happy 42nd Birthday, Singapore.A little more than a decade ago, I landed on this tropical island with my family and 2 gigantic suitcases. In the eyes of a 9 years old boy then, the weather was extremely hot and the road from the airport, very rural. No prizes for guessing, culture shock was imminent. I never knew about the multi-purpose void decks, that brown paper could be used to wrap take awayMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-81710529961921669952007-08-05T01:12:00.000+08:002007-08-05T01:26:39.198+08:00Queens' PierWith the demise of the Star Ferry Terminal in Central, now comes the fatal fate of Queens' Pier. I may not fully understand the significance of Queens' Pier apart from it having served as the port of arrival for British royalties and VIPs for the past 50 odd years. Anything lost is saddening, especially a piece of history that belongs to everyone who has lived in HK. In the name of MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-2682693148334035392007-07-29T00:29:00.000+08:002007-07-29T00:36:53.270+08:00KTV Day!Even though I thought I was very much the odd one out in the group of fellow-KTVers yesterday, I must admit that I enjoyed myself tremendously! haha! I did try to sing some mandarin songs but the bulk of what I sang was still very much Cantonese. Hope no one suffered from ear damage because of my singing. :-) We had porridge for dinner after that which I thought was rather novel. I never MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-13081436952284401182007-07-26T21:39:00.000+08:002007-07-26T23:28:14.788+08:00I will survive!All the negative thoughts towards pathology has indirectly caused me to become more moody and irritable. I thought I was happier just a week ago. Well, I guess there is no easy way out, just have to think positively and study hard!I must also thank T for reminding how I managed to survive the other subjects when all was looking gloomy. Not to forget C for listening to me grumble MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-72112931633394105092007-07-24T23:06:00.000+08:002007-07-24T23:14:24.758+08:00Drowning in PathologyI was told that previous knowledge will come back overtime. Seriously, I think I had no previous knowledge to begin with. Everyday has become such a chore and pain. All those colourful slides and formalin containing pots are so hard to decipher such that I end up having severe headache in the past 2 days. "This is a specimen of a thyroid. It has..um.....um...eh.....Sorry, I MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-90880914521702313652007-07-23T00:24:00.000+08:002007-07-23T00:39:11.976+08:00Batam Medical MissionThis is truly my very first medical mission and I must admit that I enjoyed it immensely. Althought it was just a short 2 days, 1 night medical mission, I thought we did accomplish a lot from basic health education to medical consultations and the prescription of multi-vitamins and medication. I helped out with the dispensary and not only did pharmacology came alive for me, IMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-91836714254826163962007-07-20T20:53:00.000+08:002007-07-20T21:01:48.084+08:0035 secondsEnd of posting test for ENT today. It has alway been rumoured as a killer and I guess I sort of realised that the killeristic part lie with the time allocated for each question. MCQs and OSCEs alike were flashed in powerpoint slides and each was only allocated a meagre 35 seconds. Why 35? I was told they had a "clinical trial". Perhaps, I am a slow reader because by the time I reached MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-19807718565119789702007-07-18T01:05:00.000+08:002007-07-18T01:12:34.737+08:00Memorise Less, Think MoreI think I figured out why I always feel so scared and enter into some sort of a trance state with mild palpitations when tutors ask me questions. I seriously lack the capabilities to think through and reason out. This stems from the fact that, perhaps, I do not understand more than half of the concepts taught to me, and I am really slow. The compensatory mechanism then isMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-44431782611699749042007-07-16T18:21:00.000+08:002007-07-16T19:08:36.807+08:008 years!Yes! I left my secondary school 8 years ago. Someone actually darted, "You mean Secondary School was 8 years ago for you?" Yes, I know I am getting old, but not very old. Just, um, youngish old. Surprisingly, most of the people I knew from secondary thought I left this tropical island and returned to the land of portuguese egg tarts! Seriously, I have been here all these while! I wore MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-13185927974640837262007-07-15T11:59:00.000+08:002007-07-16T18:21:41.728+08:00On Running.I am no running expert but has begun to like it. I read somewhere that people in this tropical island enjoy running in circles, well, actually I do that too. Not the standard 400m circle but a 1.1km circle around my estate. Remember when I started not too long ago, it was just 1 circle. A few months down the road, it has become 6 circles. When I do run, it is not only a competition MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-58262393747159798812007-07-14T01:10:00.000+08:002007-07-14T01:25:48.935+08:00Finally!Having done an 8 weeks of surgical posting, together with another 8 weeks of orthopaedics postings, I realised that I have never scrubbed in for any OT before. Would most of the time think that there is always another chance somewhere, somehow. Anyway, the doctors were rather appalled by that. I was appalled myself as well!So of all postings, I scrubbed in for ENT or Otorhinolaryngology, MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-62339101842406400652007-07-11T00:34:00.000+08:002007-07-11T00:36:12.566+08:00Twenty FourMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-85673169615861472982007-07-05T00:37:00.000+08:002007-07-05T01:47:28.581+08:00A friendI have a very good friend in JC. I think we still are. We used to go home together and do what very good friends do, meals in Macdonalds, KFC after school, he did help me train up for NAPFA everyday and he rallied classmates to be there when I participated in my JC's talentime with a Cantonese song that he did not understand. I think his mother used to recognise my voice. Somehow, along MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-39586245336965530802007-07-05T00:15:00.000+08:002007-07-05T00:52:25.951+08:00Fun DaySomething got into us today and we just went mad and did spontaneous things. 33% of my CG, well that is actually 3 of us went on a bingeing spree at 3 different fast food chains. We could not really stand the smell of the second chain so we did not manage to enjoy the finger licking good food there.We went on to the arcade and spent a grand total of $15 altogether on 3 games of air hockey,MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-85973985239600231092007-06-30T15:39:00.000+08:002007-06-30T15:57:39.713+08:00The 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR1st July marks the anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Tomorrow is of special significance as HKSAR celebrates it decade old of existence. The usual fanfare that happens yearly during the anniversary will be observed by the President, Hu Jintao. Though most of the Hong Kong people are MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-61740652672227849502007-06-24T01:49:00.000+08:002007-06-24T01:50:52.443+08:00Heart of GreedPlease watch it when it comes to Singapore! Watching it resulted in buckets of tears! Not to mention this show was very popular in HK. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-66977930209668418062007-05-19T19:27:00.000+08:002007-05-19T19:28:35.039+08:00And the Ending song! :-)Enjoy!MCnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-84622101933354511202007-05-19T18:41:00.000+08:002007-05-19T18:45:06.910+08:00One of my favourite cartoons when I was young!Think it was never available here though.MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-9688833426995906212007-04-26T00:09:00.000+08:002007-04-26T00:14:40.335+08:00The Next UpdateI have almost forgotten the existence of my blog. I could not remember exactly what made me start writing a blog. I guess there is really nothing much to blog about these days. Except maybe for Orthopaedics posting?Then again, who would want to read about postings? haha! Seriously, Orthopaedics is quite special in the sense that patients gets happy because their functional ability MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-80684676592901448622007-02-24T06:56:00.000+08:002007-02-24T07:06:05.553+08:00Happy Chinese New Year!Here is wishing everyone a Kung Hei Fatt Choi!I guess I have not logged into this blog for ages because I do not seem to remember the password to it and secondly, I was somehow introduced to this new blogger that requires Gmail to activate the account.Anyway, this is the season for mugging. What an unearthly time to do so since it is really the Chinese New Year! With the MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1169314903027326302007-01-21T01:21:00.000+08:002007-01-21T02:00:11.343+08:00JC Class Outing 2007.I love my JC class, 00S12. To meet up consistently even after 6 years after our graduation is really amazing. The attendance has always been fantastic. Seriously, I have always enjoyed my JC class outings because we will never run out of topics to talk about and each outing is always full of fun and excitement even though it is mostly catching up and talking. I think we all MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1168673234845260772007-01-13T15:25:00.000+08:002007-01-13T15:27:14.860+08:00Miss Hong Kong through the YearsSee if you can recognise anyone from there?Or enjoy the song by Miriam! hahaMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1167926579363242802007-01-04T23:54:00.000+08:002007-01-05T00:06:22.483+08:00The QueenI really enjoyed this movie and I think this is the best show I have watched so far this year. In fact, this is the only show I have watched this year. Well, it is just the very beginning of 2007! haha!Anyway, I am not sure if this movie has any basis of any sorts but I think it has successfully portrayed the Queen as one who cares so much for her family and a lady who is very wise, of MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1167775409119212792007-01-03T05:55:00.000+08:002007-01-03T06:03:29.163+08:00The Sigh of the New Year ResolutionI tried to fulfil my New Year resolution which is to restore my sleep cycle to pre-university days. I failed terribly. Theoretically speaking, I was obedient enough to try to start my sleep cycle at 11pm. I never stopped rolling and had no choice but to apply some principles of sleep hygiene. Walk around, sit around, read around. Nothing worked! I gave up at 4amMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1167501834721751962006-12-31T01:34:00.000+08:002006-12-31T02:03:54.736+08:00Time to Update - Boring post galore!I think I am doing serious injustice to my blog by not updating it. It has been slightly more than a month and I guess it is only timely to do some updates now. haha.Let me talk about the E-med posting that was concluded a while back. I did enjoy it because it was really a very different kind of exposure and you are really exposed to all kinds of illnesses MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1163954502595637292006-11-20T00:40:00.000+08:002006-11-20T00:42:10.356+08:00Need refreshment in Neuroscience?MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1163951772927629952006-11-19T23:56:00.000+08:002006-11-19T23:56:13.046+08:00Oh my gosh!! This is so funny!! Go try some Swallow to take the fish sand! :-) MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1162574372618090642006-11-04T01:09:00.000+08:002006-11-04T01:19:32.633+08:00Elated.Just heard from the news that the health ministry is now looking into utlisation of medisave to be extended to 2 more chronic illnesses which include asthma and mental illnesses. I am really actually elated to hear that the ministry is currently looking into providing such scheme for these 2 groups of people as well. I really think more can be done to help people diagnosed with mental MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1161599814818516522006-10-23T18:18:00.000+08:002006-10-23T18:36:55.813+08:00Hello CG 27 and Psy!Anyway, we had our very first Psy lecture today. I thought it was quite interesting since it was about appreciation of art, music and the human mind. Somehow, the paintings the Prof showed us today seem more interesting than those I saw at the countless museums in Spain except maybe for the Black period by this Spanish painter whose name I have forgotten.I first came into MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1161190994113513792006-10-19T00:51:00.001+08:002006-10-19T01:03:14.130+08:00CG DinnerBefore I begin proper, I am down with Otitis Externa and I really do not know how I managed to get it since I do not swim or anything. My ear just got totally obstructed one day and lots of pain. The doctor was really patient and managed to use the suction pump to suck out everything from my ear. It was not instant relief, but at least I could hear better. Please do pardon me if I don't MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1158682076610708492006-09-20T00:04:00.000+08:002006-09-20T00:07:56.640+08:00Silly PostRecently, I have noticed an increased number of cats being killed in road accidents on expressways. I know this is a bit silly but seriously, I have already witnessed 3 in a month and another friend just saw another one today. So, why are cats suddenly crossing the expressways and risking their lives?Climatic Changes?Or is it due to emotional trauma from all those sterilisation going onMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1158344531780349252006-09-16T01:51:00.001+08:002006-09-16T02:22:11.803+08:00Of LateI wanted to give up seriously. That is history though. It has been a rather unmotivated 4 weeks thus far. Since it is mid-term I think it is good to pen down some of my thoughts. The silly me has got emotions running all over me such that I became preoccupied dealing with my sleep debt as well as rationalising myself. It was absurd to say the least. I mean, 8 years ago I was trying so hardMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1156759620775990272006-08-28T17:44:00.000+08:002006-08-28T18:07:00.790+08:00Great WeekendI was supposed to blog about my weekend during the weekends but because it was so therapeutic, I was totally immersed in the joyful atmosphere. haha...So how did THE weekend start?Met the Tou Dais for lunch at Crystal Jade Palace. It was their first excursion and lunch experience at the palace. It is their compulsory module because they are now training to be formidable cantonese MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1156691543848050602006-08-27T22:59:00.000+08:002006-08-28T17:42:56.186+08:00I have been tagged1. Do the following WITHOUT complaints.2. Start your post with "I have been tagged!"I have been tagged and I am really boring.FavouritesFavourite colour: blue, yellow, orange, lime green, blackFavourite food: all kinds of pasta and pizza!Favourite song: Cantonese stapleFavourite movie: Those teenagy kind of funny moviesFavourite sport: Is sleeping a sport? Sometimes, I do enjoy MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1156349449159049132006-08-23T23:55:00.000+08:002006-08-24T00:10:49.176+08:00Talking Medically.Into 4th day of medical posting at my favourite hospital which is so near my house. Unfortunately, travelling to the hospital has not be very smooth sailing given the public transport woes of this little town. I tried to walk but by the time I reach the hospital, I would have been sweating profusely. I guess, the only viable option is the skate scooter! Which was dismissed by myMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1155727471178339322006-08-16T18:58:00.000+08:002006-08-16T19:24:31.196+08:00End of SurgerySo the 8 weeks long surgery posting sort of ended today with my end of posting test. It was quite interesting and as usual, even with the knowledge and assurance that my examiner is extremely nice and that everyone passes, I was still unable to sleep th night before. Some weird mechanism in me I guess. Anyway, the test went smoothly and even though I missed a few things here and MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1154186027183802012006-07-29T23:13:00.000+08:002006-07-29T23:13:47.193+08:00I have so much to write but I don't even know where to start and what the contents are. hahaha.......MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1152632945538410282006-07-11T23:48:00.000+08:002006-07-11T23:49:05.550+08:00Thank you everyone (Family and Friends!)Nothing grand but I had a great day today!A Royal birthday indeed!MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151748135968393972006-07-01T18:02:00.000+08:002006-07-01T18:12:30.666+08:00Love Portugal and Spain, 2006!The trip was FANTAlabulous (Fanta is derived from one of my favourite staple drinks in the Iberian Penisula). I will always order that whereever we have our meals, "Fanta Naranja, por favor!" The people were very nice especially when you can mutter a few phrases of Portuguese or Spanish. Generally, the Portuguese are much nicer. Perhaps it is an Iberian culture thingMCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151748108506617872006-07-01T18:01:00.000+08:002006-07-01T18:01:48.510+08:00A Lisbon Square! Really reminds me of Macau. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151748014854733322006-07-01T18:00:00.000+08:002006-07-01T18:00:14.860+08:00The Portuguese love Portugal! So do we! haha...Taken at Lagos. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747973753646842006-07-01T17:59:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:59:33.760+08:00Lisbon Transport! Look at the spider webs! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747938748967822006-07-01T17:58:00.001+08:002006-07-01T17:58:58.746+08:00One of the many hilly alleys of Lisbon! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747900467191232006-07-01T17:58:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:58:20.466+08:00All of us so happy at the Castelo Sao Jorge in Lisbon! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747868104534792006-07-01T17:57:00.001+08:002006-07-01T17:57:48.110+08:00Lisbon!! Capital of Portugal MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747825837370272006-07-01T17:57:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:57:05.843+08:00The famous elevator in Lisbon! Designed by a student of the architect of Eiffel Tower. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747739287015222006-07-01T17:55:00.001+08:002006-07-01T17:55:39.286+08:00Sintra! Very nice place too! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747702551188172006-07-01T17:55:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:55:02.553+08:00Interior of the St Jerome Monastery at Belem, Portugal MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747641782627452006-07-01T17:54:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:54:01.790+08:00Famous Monument at Belem. This stands for the age of discovery! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747565144222852006-07-01T17:52:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:52:45.150+08:00Estacio Comboio de Porto Campanha. The Porto train station! Look at the famous Potuguese tile paintings! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747508400165652006-07-01T17:51:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:51:48.406+08:00Porto! Porto is really a lovely city but we only spent half a day there... MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747449291552462006-07-01T17:50:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:50:49.296+08:00Faculty of Medicine at the University of Coimbra. The oldest university in Portugal founded 1290. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747385735317562006-07-01T17:49:00.001+08:002006-07-01T17:49:45.736+08:00Fatima! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747351133693042006-07-01T17:49:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:49:11.140+08:00Lagos! One of the southern most cities of Portugal! We took a boat ride to see all these! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747308357944622006-07-01T17:48:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:48:28.360+08:00Outside the Cathedral of Sevilla! Horses are waiting... MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747219398442182006-07-01T17:46:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:46:59.396+08:00Plaza de Espana at Sevilla! I guess this is the best jumping picture we have taken. We took more than 8 of these at the same spot! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747147653442052006-07-01T17:45:00.001+08:002006-07-01T17:45:47.660+08:00Very famous Market in Barcelona...how colourful! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747105754792572006-07-01T17:45:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:45:05.760+08:00Streets of Barcelona! Notice the Gaudi Architecture? MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151747042151159222006-07-01T17:44:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:44:02.156+08:00Barcelona! Notice the Gaudi architecture of the right? MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746979091279112006-07-01T17:42:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:42:59.096+08:00I guess this is famous enough! Temple de Sagrada Familia! Another 20+ years to expected date of completion.... MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746914460815022006-07-01T17:41:00.001+08:002006-07-01T17:41:54.466+08:00The Gaudi Park! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746892614170842006-07-01T17:41:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:41:32.636+08:00The Gaudi Park in Barcelona. All sand! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746766377502152006-07-01T17:39:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:39:26.376+08:00Montjuric! At Barcelona MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746675864537522006-07-01T17:37:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:37:55.870+08:00Barcelona! This was taken from Montjuic. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746584746990942006-07-01T17:36:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:36:24.750+08:00High Up on the mountains at Montserrat, outside of Barcelona. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746486767194142006-07-01T17:34:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:34:46.770+08:00A wedding ceremony we caught at Salamanca. The cheering people threw rice grains at us too. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746435995263602006-07-01T17:33:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:33:56.000+08:00The Sunday Flea market at Madrid. Reminds me of the Ladies Market in Hongkong! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746374705451032006-07-01T17:32:00.001+08:002006-07-01T17:32:54.710+08:00The streets of Madrid. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746331069407812006-07-01T17:32:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:32:11.073+08:00Bull fighting. Quite horrid but everyone is cheering... MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746268623223442006-07-01T17:31:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:31:08.626+08:00Palacio Real de Madrid or in English, The Royal Palace of Madrid. :-) MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746213447030412006-07-01T17:30:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:30:13.453+08:00The icon of Madrid! The bear with the tree! MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746161128133112006-07-01T17:29:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:29:21.133+08:00For the whole of the 11 hours flight delay, we were to sleep in these casualty stretchers at gate E10. Very interesting and I think I will remember this for LIFE. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746088558951882006-07-01T17:28:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:28:08.563+08:00I have to take this picture!! Cathay Pacific aircraft in Amsterdam! haha...it was taken from our flight back home. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1151746019863637462006-07-01T17:26:00.000+08:002006-07-01T17:26:59.906+08:00So Finally, after that eventful night at the Amsterdam airport, we are happy and glad that we are back home! haha...We do look tired, don't we? MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1150013577616563252006-06-11T16:12:00.000+08:002006-06-11T16:12:57.626+08:00Adeus Portugal!Hola Espanha!MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1149261095799073242006-06-02T23:05:00.000+08:002006-06-02T23:11:35.813+08:00CSFC TestsTotally disastrous I must say. I think I totally am lousy at it and I should just dig a shithole and hide inside there for real.One surgeon even questioned me today after I answered his question,"That is for nurses, are you going to be one?"That reminded me that I have never been able to imagine myself as a doctor all along. Even with all these fanciful attire and equipment with the MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1148868418946571602006-05-29T09:50:00.000+08:002006-05-29T10:06:59.026+08:00Time for a little updateCSFC (Clinical Skills Foundation Course) was thought to be a rather long period of 6 weeks. Strangely, 6 weeks seems short afterall. I actually don't quite recall what I have done in these 6 weeks except for what a typical student would do. Perhaps, a little lesser of a typical student. At least, all I hope to come out of these 6 weeks is more to establish rapport with MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1147966450679078332006-05-18T23:13:00.000+08:002006-05-19T00:31:22.310+08:00Never expected it.Had a rather comprehensive but monotonous series of Orthopaedics lectures today. Halfway through during the break, a few of us actually went to donate our blood. Anyway, that is not exactly the climax of the day! The climax comes in the afternoon.JS and I attended a hand surgery clinic which is part of our timetable today. Initially, I was rather apprehensive about the whole MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1147793678388959842006-05-16T23:29:00.000+08:002006-05-16T23:34:38.403+08:00The Essence of McDull!!So cute yet meaningful!!MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1147015601684590472006-05-07T23:15:00.000+08:002006-05-07T23:56:15.070+08:00Hooray!After nearly 2 weeks of heated debate and mostly ferocious tongue waggering on whether a certain person is of a good character to represent his people, the results are out! Well, I am glad that the incumbent managed to secure 66.6% of valid votes. I guess it should be a good enough mandate for the rather new PM to carry out his programmes for the future of the tropical island. I must add MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1145978010400690142006-04-25T23:09:00.000+08:002006-04-25T23:13:30.416+08:00The start of a new phase.So a new phase has started and the first stop is NUH. There was this sense of excitement long before and I guess it effectively lasted till today. Well, my neck, back and legs are in deep pain and am absolutely tired. The rest are not spared as well.Oh well!I still look forward to learning and seeing more though. But then again,What a start!MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1145628588398479862006-04-21T21:57:00.000+08:002006-04-21T22:40:49.236+08:00Take the lead.The movie was very satisfying. All the dance moves, morals and values behind the show is really worth every dollar and cents. Like what my friend, C, said, it reminded him of Sister Act where youngsters learn to sing. Well, take the lead was actually based on a true story and ballroom dancing really did change the lives of many of the young people as portrayed in the show. In MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1145621852404609922006-04-21T20:17:00.000+08:002006-04-21T22:13:51.796+08:00Seng Kang and Punggol (S&P) TripWe are all geared up for the Seng Kang and Punggol (S&P) Tour!!! Which is a prelude to another S&P Tour in June! Spain and Portugal!!! haha.... MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1145621754284243002006-04-21T20:15:00.001+08:002006-04-21T20:15:54.290+08:00This was the machine that brought us everywhere for the Sengkang and Punggol Tour! :-) MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1145621702694723352006-04-21T20:15:00.000+08:002006-04-21T20:15:02.700+08:00Under the LRT track....the LRT is really compact and comfortable. Really like a roller coaster ride. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1145621637886481472006-04-21T20:13:00.000+08:002006-04-21T20:13:57.890+08:00Sengkang and Punggol. It used to be just fields..... MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1145621564485567212006-04-21T20:12:00.001+08:002006-04-21T20:12:44.493+08:00When the sky is still not dark yet. Very beautiful. MCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5619541.post-1145621526515969682006-04-21T20:12:00.000+08:002006-04-21T20:12:06.520+08:00Sumptous meal at Jln Kayu! Which is amazingly near to SengKang. Walkable distance. MCnoreply@blogger.com0