My Life... 命運@機會

(#1) Who am I,

that the Lord of all the earth

Would care to know my name

Would care to feel my hurt

Who am I,

that the Bright and Morning Star

Would choose to light the way

For my ever wandering heart

(#Chorus) Not because of who I am

But because of what You've done

Not because of what I've done

But because of who You're

I am a flower quickly fading

Here today and gone tomorrow

A wave tossed in the ocean

A vapor in the wind

Still You hear me when I'm calling

Lord, You catch me when I'm falling

And You've told me who I am

I am Yours, I am Yours

(#2)Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin

Would look on me with love and watch me rise again

Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea

Would call out through the rain

And calm the storm in me

(# Ending) I am Yours

Whom shall I fear

Whom shall I fear'

Cause I am Yours

I am Yours

Christmas and STI... hmmmmm....

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**News adapted from The Star Newspaper 22 November 2007

Move 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 the Cabinet decision yesterday, said the move was considered important to increase the knowledge, skills and experience of graduate medical officers.
“This will improve the quality of services and healthcare standards,” he said.
A rotation system of four months in six departments will be implemented. With the newest inclusion being the accident and emergency department, the rest are medical, paediatric, general surgery, orthopaedic, obstetrics and gynaecology.
“We have observed that in the past few years, about three to five per cent of graduate medical officers do not get full registration because they have weaknesses in knowledge or skills,” he told reporters before chairing his ministry’s post-Cabinet meeting.
“We cannot let this continue. We hope the move is seen as a positive one by future graduates and we are confident the rakyat (people) will support us.”
After the two-year housemanship, the doctors would have to serve their three years' compulsory service with the Government or its agencies, he said.
Dr Chua said the ministry would apply to the Government to place them under the U43 grade upon completing the two years' housemanship compared to the current U41. The U43 pay scale is RM500 more than U41.
He said the doctors would be able to pursue their specialist courses or Master’s after serving two years' compulsory service compared to the current situation whereby they can only apply to further their studies after three years.
About 1,200 local medical students graduate annually.
Dr Chua also announced the Cabinet’s decision to disallow the future setting up of private cord blood banks because while it was a new service with huge potential to treat specific diseases, there were still ethical issues to be scrutinised.
He said the existing centres would have to apply for a licence from the ministry within the next two months and would be registered under the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998.

Change... 'to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone'

I have changed...
For better or worse....
I am no more the same me again...
Water change into vapour by evaporating...
Water does not have a choice not to evaporate...
Chameleon changes to different colour...
Chameleon changes to evade enemy on its own will...

I have changed, not because of somebody... is it just part of life? or am i just looking for excuse for my misbehaving...
My changes might not favour everyone; in fact, it might even irritate someone without me realising... i have forgotten the Angel in me... i have let the Devil in me overpowered me... the devil side of me have become more apparent than before... till the extend that i could not acknowledge that that was me who did or said something just now...

Is it for good or for bad? I dunno.... hope the Angel in me would grew stronger and stronger and beat the Devil in me... Someone told me before... being a good guy since the first day does not distingush u from the rest... but if a well known bad guy did a single good deed on a single occasion... he will stand out from the crowd and being glorified.... something for you to ponder

well... life goes on.... and on ... and on

Just watched this movie.... OMG.... never thought it would be so nice until i repeatedly watching it so many time.... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Before the Sun rises to brighten the dark sky, before the birds chipping away in the dawn and when many people are still having rapid eye movement, i woke up and made my way to the bus station in the chilly morning...

I was looking up high at the sky the whole time during the journey... the light from the fiery planet just break the dawn in the slowest motion especially when u are looking at it and seeing the changes in the count of miliseconds. Sky slowly turned blue as we were leaving the Heathrow airport to enter London Central... Accompanying those ever so amazingly shaped cloud on the sky were now not only the early birds....but also the queue of arriving aircrafts which are descending down from the sky with only about 2 minutes distance away from each other. This sight never fail to fascinate me... London... one of the most advanced metropolitan and also heart of the world's stock market where it is being manipulate by people and affecting the life of every human being in the world each second... regardless whether u are young or old... you are affected without u realising.... it is just the quantity differences...

It always make me ponder, is it because of the economy and the opportunities in and around London which lure manys to come into this land. The currency English pound has been one of the most expensive currency in the world attracts many from all around the world to gather here, some are here with highly professional skills and some are here hoping to earn their first bucket of gold... of course some worked hard for it and some was lured by the illegal activities to achieve the objective... is it all worthwhile to come here.... Leaving your love ones and settle down in this 'promising' land...

I had a short conversation with a Foundation Year 1 doctor from Sri Lanka... he told me about his life when he first came here to this land hoping to get a job as medical doctor. He is highly qualified and a doctor with 8 years of invaluable experience before. He was not the lucky one who managed to get a job the first time he arrived here. Instead, he was not offered any doctor job and have to resort to look for other job just to support his family who came here together with him... He ended up working at a petrol station for 1 year and a mini cab driver for another 1 year before finally getting the F1 post. Life was not easy for him to support family of 3 that time. But he persist and finally got his chance of continue his original career. He just started his F2 training recently now... and it make me wonder again... With the new immigration regulation... how's his life gonna be after his F2... or would the lucky angel stay with him and bless him to get Specialist training? or he have to go back to his life one year ago... be non medical staff.

While many are trying various ways to enter this land no matter what... there are people who dislike this place and can't wait to go back to their respective home country. I am neither one of those people. I am already here in the UK and continueing my studies here where medical advances here is beyond many imagination... Getting one of the best medical training in the world you can possibly get. But there are always one issue haunting many international students here... yes... nonetheless than the training post availabilities... Many decided to leave this place before even entering their foundation programme while some chose to try their luck and stayed back to test their fate after foundation training... What are the other options available?? Home?? Malaysia?? Singapore?? Australia?? New Zealand?? America?? Decision have to be made soon... time to really consider and weigh the pros and cons of every decision in life... Wish me luck and pray for me so that i can make the decision that HE had planned for me. :-)

WOW.... Finally... after getting back this land for 6 weeks now... finally the first break we ever had.... What should i do during this break... 2 week break when no one is around here.... Some people flew back, some people went travelling with families.... left me alone here in Southampton... Hmmm... What should i do??

My TO DO LIST in this 2 weeks:

• STUDY for OBS and GYnae (Hmmmmm... )
• Finish Harry Potter (the last two books)
• Clean my room (Gonna take few days for this)
• Plan a trip to a beach with nobody..... ( :( Sob)
• Master Mahjong Skill
• Any Suggestions???

It is still a long holiday isn't it... hehe

BTW... Thanks everyone for the most wonderful birthday celebration :) and all the birthday wishes :) THANKS ... I'M OOOOLLLLLLDDDDDDDD..............

Had one of the weirdest dream last night... i can now be sure... dreams only happen when you are not deeply asleep... i din have a good night sleep last night... so i pressume that's why this funny dream just come across my mind out of blue...

I was in a pet shop... or should i say animal laboratory because that place somehow remind me of the chemistry lab when i was in taylors college... with my sister... we were there waiting to collect a dog back home for some reason... and we had a choice of two.... either a golden retriever or another one ( dunno what u call that... pretty dog with big ears)... always wanted a golden retriever... so i chose that... somehow after we chose the dog we want.. they want us to wait for a while and mentioned we cannot choose wat gender that dog to be... so me and my sister was discussing and comparing the pros and cons of getting either any one the different gender while waiting.. then suddenly he brought a dog to us and happily told us that this is a special dog because it had neither the male nor the female organs... so it's called unidentified gender golden retriever... (WTF!!??!!)

somehow... we walked out the store with the dog and found another small dog in the plastic bag he gave me... it's such a small mini little tiny dog... its as big as my palm... and it look exactly like the other dog he let us choose earlier (the one with big ear) and most importantly... IT's ALIVE and it's moving... ... ... ... ... ... ... i cannot continue from here because somehow i was awake on my own before the end of the dream or did i forgot the ending...

Sometime i really wonder... do dreams actually foretell anything?? or is it just the reflection of what happened earlier on or wat i saw earlier on... If only i'm Hogwart... and i will definitely ask Professor Trelawney to interpret my dream for me.... it will definitely be great to be able to do so... Our brain are so complicated ... besides those four lobes... we have so much going on in the brain... it's take a lot of determination to be in control of your brain... Will human ever be able to understand human brain completely !!!

農曆五月初五, 正是一年一度的端午節... 好久好久沒在家鄉度過了... 真的好懷念粽子的味道... 吃了一口媽媽親手包的粽子... 真的是太幸福... :-) 游子們... 有空不妨抽空回家看看... 家才是最溫暖和重要的! 中國人要懂得珍惜所有的親情... 有空聚一聚吧!

端午節快樂!

Selamat Hari Gawai to all my Iban friends!!! Prince and princess of the sarawak... :) (Bumiputera) It's ur day!!! Have Fun :)

After about 8 months in the UK, yes.. finally i'm back in kuching... 8 months isn't long... kuching din change much in this 8 months... it is still so boring... :-P hope the new shopping complexes which are still in the construction will make kuching more lively in the future... but WHEN will i be back again after this time?? one year?? maybe not... maybe two years later... or more... getting less chance to get back home next time ...

Why? i'm coming to my final year the next time i go back to southampton... life would not be as relaxing as it was in 2006/07...

had a weirdest dream ever last night... make me woke up in cold sweat... and could not get myself to sleep again.... counted so many sheeps but still cannot get back to to see 周公; that dream actually made me to write this entry... FINAL YEAR is damn scary... hehe... i'm scared.... there are still 12 months left before the final exam... should i start worrying now?? NO!!! Definitely not!!! ppl in soton who are sitting their final exam in few days time must be saying james is crazy... hehe... GOod lUck to the seniors in soton facing their final... it's always good to see ppl who are so relax when facing exam like them... wish i can be like them...

MOM DAD, PAPA and MAMA, 爸媽, Ladies and gentleman, tuan tuan dan puan puan, 先生小姐們!!!! I passed!!! Saya Lulus!!! 我合格了!!!

I passed it at second attempt... not great but still a pass right!!! Hooray!!!

Praise God, Thank God!!!

Ok now... back to my report write up and presentation in one week time... Something that i can sit in front of the computer trying to do but nothing much can be done... my brain is not working for this... i got no idea to write... really need to push myself now... One done... now two more to go!!! so life goes on

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I failed my driving test... How sad can that be... I have heard many people don't pass the first time they sit for the exam... so it's a norm to fail the test for the first time... But i still cannot take the outcome of this test... how can i fail my driving test having to drive for 7 years back home... At the debriefing, my biggest mistake that lead to my failure was... guess wat? drive too slow... -_-" On driveway with speed limit of 40miles, i drove at 29miles average and that's not acceptable even though that the road is so narrow and there are many curves... three continuous identical errors failed me for the test even though i have done all the rest well... it's wrong to drive slow here in the UK for driving test purpose... make sure u drive up to the speed limit, no matter how bad is the road condition all my friend out there who is driving in the UK, make sure u drive to the speed limit... if not, u might get stopped by the police for driving too slow and a summon ticket maybe. What worse could be they might installed 'slow' camera on the road side now to catch those like me who drive slowly on the road... Well, it's true that driving too slow on the road can be a hazard but for test purposes, i want to keep it slow to have better control on my car right... well... never realised failing in a driving test can lead to to such a great impact on my mood today... i'm angry... annoyed.... disappointed... haih.... most important of all... MY HARD EARNED MONEY!!! MY PRECIOUS WEEKENDS THAT I SCARIFICED!!! Here i am ladies and gentleman, taking the test again on the 12 May 2007, pray for me everyone... GOD help me again!!!

On 4th April 2007, ten soton'nians began a three days get away to Munich, Germany. Some of the photos from Munich 2007 trip. Photos courtesy of Jennifer, Chou Phay, Nern Hoong and Hun Yee.

我真的不知道我的研究題到底會不會完成!!! 救命啊!!! 神啊!!!

Never realised that there is a paintballing centre in southampton... well not exactly southampton southampton... it's at rosewood which is like 15 min away from my home... so if u can consider bukit jalil which 30 min away from klcc, is in kuala lumpur, i think it would be fair to consider rosewood is in southampton :P

Driving past the big field in tiny village road and watching ponies or horses in the field feeding themselves with grasses... Oh man... yes this is wat i expect UK to be like.... nice scenery, farms and bla bla... anyway... back to paintballing... it was nern hoong's wild idea one day on the dinner table saying that let's go paintballing.... with the initial 5 people... increased to 21 people going paintballing... oooo.... it was great fun :) juniors and seniors altogether :)

This paintball centre is apparently spread nationwide... with more than ten centre in the UK.... so different from wat i expect it to be... it is very nicely organized with great facilities and great play grounds. Delta Force it is called, www.paintballgames.co.uk.... if u wanna browse their site...
With 6 scenarios from 9am till 4pm, it was tiring but full of real excitment and fun... you would imagine dodging paint balls flying at 100mph towards you... it was scary initially but at the end of the day, no one care about the paintball anymore and start RAMBO'ing. And man... it is painful!!! have about three big bruises on my thighs and arms... Some little advice to people... wear a boots or your unwanted shoes, because it feels like imu orientation once again... all the muds... and commando crawling, squatting, running, falling down.... it is dirty BUT ABSOLUTELY FUN!!!

It is not particularly cheap... it cost 5 pound entrance, 5 pound for super lousy lunch, and 25 pound for 500 paintballs... and i can tell you... 500 bullets are not enough!!! so meaning more money then... or you can opt to get grenades and smoke bomb to add flavour to the game... but it's defnitely worth the money...

I have to admit, i am not good at all in paintballing, i am a clumsy fat slow moving creature... haha... can't imagine myself to be in a real war where real bullet flying at more than 100mph... i would be the first one to drop out... so respect to all the professions which require gunfighting.... it must have take them hell lots of alcohol to boost their courage... :P

**i'm the one right the back.... in red....

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Another totally random stuff.... There is moon eclipse tonight... first time i see... thanks to hui leng, all my housemates ran out to see the eclipse excited... saw my lovely neighbour taking camera and took picture... so me being myself... being so kiasu... took out my sony ericsson K800i... and snap this shot.... not brilliant... but okie la... :-P...

** yes that tiny bright dot... hahaha.... :-P

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TVB Syndrome a.k.a SERIES SYNDROME !!! Details below:

Sign and Symptoms:
1. Watch at least 5 episodes or more of any Series especially TVB's series per day
2. Eat while watching series
3. Insomnia without watching an episode
4. Withdrawal syndrome if not watching any episode in a day
5. All the chatting topics revolving around series
6. Call up friends to check for any updates on latest upcoming series
7. Suddenly becoming an expert of all the online sharing sites such as megaupload, sendspace, file front etc...
8. Forget certain meals or inconsistent meal time because of watching series
9. Neglect works or studies due to series
10. Stuck in front computer looking for forums for direct downloads

Risk Factors:
1. Students who do not club or drink
2. Students who stays in halls or whoever who stay in a place where internet connection is amazingly fast
3. People who understand mandarin or cantonese (beginner level)
4. Single, not attached people
5. Close contact with infected people

Prognosis:
GOOD: Accept the fact of being infected and determine to self treat
POOR: In denial, claimed that this disease is beneficial and able to give you some examples of the benefits. For example: Able to make friends


Management and Treatment:
1. Self control but there is NO DEFINITE TREATMENT YET!!!
2. Crash the laptops!!!


Contagious Level:
Extremely Contagious!!! Be cautious!!!

Prevention:
Get urself occupied with important issues in life!!!!

GUYS@@ GET A LIFE!!!! :-P

Dear All!!!

Three weeks holidays just passed without me realising... could not recall any moment of relaxing at all during the holiday... Am i recharged after the break or should i say i am totally drained? for those of you who din know, i was not around in Southampton at all for the whole holiday.... instead i spent my three weeks holiday in three different countries, Austria (Vienna & Salzburg), Czech Republic (Prague & Kutna Hora) and Belgium (Brussels & Bruges). Sound exciting isn't it... so many places... i have to admit... these places are great holiday destination... just that i never thought it would be so hectic and stressful ( money wise .. hehe)

So what are the things that these places can offer to a tourist like me... let me tell u... cathedrals, more cathedrals and even more cathedrals.... christmas markets... more christmas markets.... and dogs dogs dogs... many many dogs.... :-P

Well, back to reality, postings and research project... help me!!! Orthopaedics!!! GUM Clinic!!! Dermatology Clinics!!! Here i COME!!!!