I thought it was bad enough for me, having been rejected by NUS. However, today, i read an article from The New Paper about a graduate from YLLSoM, who didn't complete his housemanship because of his terminal illness. I was touched. And right now, he's a motivation speaker, spreading the message of never giving up no matter how tough life may be.
I will need that, thanks for the inspiration.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Korean Song
I heard this song from my friend's blog. It didn't really appeal initially because the intro is quite crappy.. But listen further and it's actually a rather nice song.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The Zune HD
So, the Zune HD 32 GB arrived in the house and here are the pictures. In addition, i'll be going to ZoukOut 2009 and DJ Armin Van Buuren will be there, i look forward to that! And anyone else gg too? :)
Monday, October 19, 2009
V2
Hey everyone, version 2 of fateisdestiny is up.. I'll leave that to you to find out what it may be. And anyway, my Zune HD arrived today. I'll post some pictures in the coming days, have a great week ahead! :)
My Heart Had A Brain Freeze
My brother never fails to watch this show on every saturday night. It's the korean version of Meteor Garden, but it is translated as Boys Over Flowers... What a weird name i should say. Nonetheless, they have a couple of great korean songs in its OST, and the following is one of them. :)
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Home On a Saturday Night
The ord clock is ticking so slowly, everyday moment i'm looking forward to payday cos it signals the end of a month and more spending power. It has only been 1 week since the last payday and i'm gonna overspend, because Zune HD is arriving soon. I hope it is fault free, else it'll definitely be a heartbreaker because i gonna need to spend even more to send it back for servicing. Anyway, it was supposed to take 7 days to ship here since the guy claims it is done by Fedex. But right now 2 weeks have passed and the latest i've gotten from him is it'll probably arrive on monday, and god knows when i can meet up to collect it. It better not be a scam or whatsoeva shit cos i swear i'll report to the police if that's the case. I'm honestly quite pissed, and i felt the guy is hiding something. He said he isn't working for any company, but my questions have to be sent to taobaosalesenquiry@gmail.com? I did a check on taobao and found out they are some shady courier service, so i'm in doubt at the moment. Once again, it better not be a scam... But maybe i am just too skeptical, we shall see.
I've just told myself to go swimming more often. There's so many benefits i don't see why i should not. Firstly, i have a mild case of scrolosis which is the curvature of the spine. Like the last time i was checked it says 5 degrees of bend, and i don't know how bad is that. Apparantly, swimming helps to straighten the back. Secondly, chlorine and fluroine and all the other chemicals together with sunlight is supposed to kill the Sebboeric Dermatitis on my skin and i see the improvement everytime after a swim. Thirdly, swimming in noon time gives me my much desired tan. Skin peel is a good prove. :) Forthly, it helps to strengthen leg and arm muscles. Both are equally important because the former helps according to the physiotherapist and it may bring an improvement to my condition of shin splint, and the latter for self fulfillment. Lastly, it improves stamina, and i hope 10.30 for 2.4 will not be so far from attainable in the near future. So.. anyone wants to go swimming together? :)
Just an update from NS, i'm officially a clerk at S1 Branch, HQ 8 SAB and fuck, i'm still at KeatHong Camp. But no longer being under Signal, Foo has no reason to bark at me. That's just awesome. The people at S1 branch are relatively better than signal side, and in the meantime, i'm staying out. I hope that will last, but it depends on my convincing ability to get the letter from my specialist. :) I have too much free time by the way. And i've found this awesome site with medical text that i can visit during office hours. It may be alittle too ambitious, but no harm reading up on something i'm interested in huh?
And the latest in medical education in Singapore, MOH is proposing revamping the system for medical students who graduate locally so that it will be faster to churn out specialist for the country. It is a move with good intent, but at what cost? Compare ourselves with the US system, our students start medical education at the age of 18 while the US counterparts at a later age of 21 on average. If we are to allow medical students to skip housemanship and allow them to pick a specialisation 1 year in advance, one wonder if they have the maturity to make a proper decision. Already, newly enrolled medical students embark on this arduous journey at 18 and there's alot of contravecy as to are they mature enough to decide that medicine, and a career as a doctor is what they really want. And pair that up to their expectations to what a life as a doctor really is, do they coincide or even come close? And now, they have to choose a specialisation even before they had the chance to experience it, that is becoming more unrealistic. Though it will mean producing specialist within a shorter, but will that necessarily equate to a group of capable specialist? Have we wondered about the cost of developing a specialist who later realised that is not the one for him? Respecialising may be too late, so what we will get in the end are unmotivated specialists.
In Singapore, the goverment is too focused on producing doctors to meet the demands of the nations. First, we have the NUS duke so that we can produce doctors who can go into research in developing new technologies for the future. But isn't that negelecting the other aspects of medicine in general? Now we have the upcoming NTU-Imperial medical school with a different intent, to train doctors who are capable of using the latest technologies. Every new school is set up with a specific intent to meet the needs of the nation, but are we shortcoming on what it takes to train an all-rounded doctor? A doctor who is a physician, a scientist, and an educator?
Are we falling short of imparting the importance of medical ethnics to medical student? It leaves much to be desired because in recent years, there has been an increasing complains against doctors for malpractice. No doubt patients are better educated, but it is also becoming more apparent that medical ethnics should be enforced. Like most recently, plastic surgeon blantly ignore the guideline and commit a wrong he knew was against the law. With advancement in medical science, it is becoming harder and harder to set clear boundaries on what is wrong and what is right. I think it all boils down to moral and social conscious of a doctor, but as one he needs to be more sensitive to it because he is playing with lives entrusted upon him. And that is why i feel they are accorded a certain amount of respect in society and they thus have to be responsible for it.
In my opinion, doctors should go through housemanship because it is a year deserving to be spent in the course of a doctor's career. Firstly, it gives a closer insight and experience on the different specialisations around so that they can discover and see which may be more suited to their preference. Secondly, rotations round the speciality will give doctors the much needed clinical experience should they become general practioners in the future. It is so they know alittle into everything and should a patient require specialist care how necessary it might be and who to refer the patient to. Lastly, housemanship is the first year into practise for these new doctors and it should be a year for them to adapt to the medical fraternity and working environment instead of jumping into the wagon too soon so that they can specialise. What is a doctor who doesn't have the social skills to communicate with the patient? A doctor who is only good at identifying problems and dispensing medicine? I'll call him a medical engineer.
I've just told myself to go swimming more often. There's so many benefits i don't see why i should not. Firstly, i have a mild case of scrolosis which is the curvature of the spine. Like the last time i was checked it says 5 degrees of bend, and i don't know how bad is that. Apparantly, swimming helps to straighten the back. Secondly, chlorine and fluroine and all the other chemicals together with sunlight is supposed to kill the Sebboeric Dermatitis on my skin and i see the improvement everytime after a swim. Thirdly, swimming in noon time gives me my much desired tan. Skin peel is a good prove. :) Forthly, it helps to strengthen leg and arm muscles. Both are equally important because the former helps according to the physiotherapist and it may bring an improvement to my condition of shin splint, and the latter for self fulfillment. Lastly, it improves stamina, and i hope 10.30 for 2.4 will not be so far from attainable in the near future. So.. anyone wants to go swimming together? :)
Just an update from NS, i'm officially a clerk at S1 Branch, HQ 8 SAB and fuck, i'm still at KeatHong Camp. But no longer being under Signal, Foo has no reason to bark at me. That's just awesome. The people at S1 branch are relatively better than signal side, and in the meantime, i'm staying out. I hope that will last, but it depends on my convincing ability to get the letter from my specialist. :) I have too much free time by the way. And i've found this awesome site with medical text that i can visit during office hours. It may be alittle too ambitious, but no harm reading up on something i'm interested in huh?
And the latest in medical education in Singapore, MOH is proposing revamping the system for medical students who graduate locally so that it will be faster to churn out specialist for the country. It is a move with good intent, but at what cost? Compare ourselves with the US system, our students start medical education at the age of 18 while the US counterparts at a later age of 21 on average. If we are to allow medical students to skip housemanship and allow them to pick a specialisation 1 year in advance, one wonder if they have the maturity to make a proper decision. Already, newly enrolled medical students embark on this arduous journey at 18 and there's alot of contravecy as to are they mature enough to decide that medicine, and a career as a doctor is what they really want. And pair that up to their expectations to what a life as a doctor really is, do they coincide or even come close? And now, they have to choose a specialisation even before they had the chance to experience it, that is becoming more unrealistic. Though it will mean producing specialist within a shorter, but will that necessarily equate to a group of capable specialist? Have we wondered about the cost of developing a specialist who later realised that is not the one for him? Respecialising may be too late, so what we will get in the end are unmotivated specialists.
In Singapore, the goverment is too focused on producing doctors to meet the demands of the nations. First, we have the NUS duke so that we can produce doctors who can go into research in developing new technologies for the future. But isn't that negelecting the other aspects of medicine in general? Now we have the upcoming NTU-Imperial medical school with a different intent, to train doctors who are capable of using the latest technologies. Every new school is set up with a specific intent to meet the needs of the nation, but are we shortcoming on what it takes to train an all-rounded doctor? A doctor who is a physician, a scientist, and an educator?
Are we falling short of imparting the importance of medical ethnics to medical student? It leaves much to be desired because in recent years, there has been an increasing complains against doctors for malpractice. No doubt patients are better educated, but it is also becoming more apparent that medical ethnics should be enforced. Like most recently, plastic surgeon blantly ignore the guideline and commit a wrong he knew was against the law. With advancement in medical science, it is becoming harder and harder to set clear boundaries on what is wrong and what is right. I think it all boils down to moral and social conscious of a doctor, but as one he needs to be more sensitive to it because he is playing with lives entrusted upon him. And that is why i feel they are accorded a certain amount of respect in society and they thus have to be responsible for it.
In my opinion, doctors should go through housemanship because it is a year deserving to be spent in the course of a doctor's career. Firstly, it gives a closer insight and experience on the different specialisations around so that they can discover and see which may be more suited to their preference. Secondly, rotations round the speciality will give doctors the much needed clinical experience should they become general practioners in the future. It is so they know alittle into everything and should a patient require specialist care how necessary it might be and who to refer the patient to. Lastly, housemanship is the first year into practise for these new doctors and it should be a year for them to adapt to the medical fraternity and working environment instead of jumping into the wagon too soon so that they can specialise. What is a doctor who doesn't have the social skills to communicate with the patient? A doctor who is only good at identifying problems and dispensing medicine? I'll call him a medical engineer.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Come Undone
We got an early release today for the audit check, so i headed to the pool shortly after reaching home. Before i go for a nap, i'll recommend this good song, heard from Jaryl's MP3. Enjoy..
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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