nerdy jokes
we have been having weekly drug club as a group for almost a semester. we will each get a topic on different types of medications and prepare a 15 mins power point presentation. We had our last drug club today and it was a good one. It was about pituitary and glands disorder and we talked about Cushing's syndrome etc.
it was all very exciting and intellectually stimulating but the best part is this. we decided that :-
dugong = cushingoif mermaid.
and we also had a tutorial on malignancy of the male reproductive systems today. we talked about penis cancer. when we were asked about what are the risk factors for penis cancer, the conversations went something like this
"what type of cancer is penis cancer?"
"squamous cell carcinoma"
"who gets penis cancer?"
".... patients who have more sun exposure to that area. European? ....Nudist?"
then everyone laugh of out. it's hard not to.
- the correct answer is HPV infection and uncircumcised penis.
and a few weeks ago one of us decided that pie is bad.
"You have a patient with peripheral vascular disease. You ask him how far he can walk before he gets claudication. And the patient said yes doctor, I can still walk pretty far. I walk to the milk bar everyday to get my newspaper. What would you ask you patient not to do when he is at the milk bar? What would you ask him not to buy?"
"Pie!"
- the correct answer is cigarettes. but i think pie is bad too.
that is why my group rocks!
Labels: friends n fun, medicine and me
of cousin and happily ever after
my cousin sister is getting married tomorrow!
we grew up together
it is a shame that i won't be there for the wedding but i would just like to say
congratulation Ting! wish you all the best and may happiness stays with you forever.
love,
Phey Yee
Labels: family n love
of buddy and friend
To my dear travel buddy/ roomie,
because you are one of my very best mates, and because you are turning a year wiser tomorrow, and because i did not bake you a cake this year, I thought I would dedicate a blog entry for you.
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1st year med (photo taken just before Med Ball): when we were still young and naive
i didn't know you well back then.
BUT N.O.W i feel like i have known you for AGES
which leads me to the conclusion that time passed and we have aged considerably since 1st year.
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3rd year med (photo taken at Movie World): after we spent an exciting, mind blowing and crazy week in Brisbane during the 50th AMSA convention. It was then when we tried suturing for the first time and experienced first hand how crazy and mad medical students can be
4th year med (photo taken in Samrong, Cambodia): when we were on a voluntary trip to rural Cambodia. It was an eye opening and meaningful experience. It was also then when I fell terribly sick (which after 6 months i found out when I was doing my ID rotation that i had dengue fever)
5th year Med (photo taken in Vellore, India) - we embarked on another missionary trip to India simply because part of us wanted to do some good and we wanted to give back.
and just a few week ago, Mel asked me whether I would be interested in attending the Global Health Conference organized by AMSA in June 2011. I would love to except there is a major issue - we have exam from June to July, which happens to be THE MOST heavy weighted exam throughout our entire medical degree. and Mel forgot about the exam. She is THAT into global health.
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next year, we are going to London for our electives. It seems like we are going to be stuck together for quite some time.
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You are truly one of the nicest, kindest, most selfless person I have ever met. You have shown me/ taught me a great deal about everything and I am a better person because of you. I am glad and blessed to have known you.
Happy Birthday my dear :)
and shall I quote "Thanks for being born"
-Phey Yee
Labels: b'day, friends n love, medicine and me
of Sister, birthday and girlfriends
i didn't do any studying this weekend
because my dear sister turned a year wiser today!
i love this photo. I think it speaks a lot for itself. sis and I, we are very different but I am sure that's the reason why we are so close. I wouldn't want things to happen any other way :)
I wrote this a little more than a year ago and nothing has changed :) *********************************************************************************************************
our relationships in one word - dynamic
she calls me princess i call her jie
she laughs at my naturally ridiculously small eyes and i laugh at her relatively shorter legs
she always ask me what tomorrow's weather is like and most of the time i will ask her to check it herself
i cook our meals, she does the dishes
i do our laundry, she folds the clothes
i love baking, she loves fishville and farmville
she would rather starve than cook but i would rather cook than eat
she used to skip classes like there is nobody's business but i never missed a lesson
u get the idea. we are like people from two opposite spectrum but we pretty much c.o.m.p.l.e.t.e. each other
and if i have to say what we have in common:
we are not a big fan of waking up early
and
we love hungry jacks
and i believe we both think that we can't survive without each other (sis will starve to death, i will be bored to death)
so yes she is a very important person in my life =)
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sis picked the venue and organized everything herself and that's what make sis so cool :P no fuss, no problem, DIY, and there we go, another wonderful time out with the girls.
the place has a very nice ambience. it's a perfect place to hang out and catch up with your girlfriends. and if i have a daughter, this is where i am going to spend my Sunday breakfast with my little girl :)
food wise, it was above average but there was nothing to be uber excited about.
but the presentation, it completely blew me away! if med school didn't work out, this is what i am going to do!
oh and catching up with the girls
it made the whole high tea experience even better :)
i can hardly juggle between uni and having a healthy social life. I have sis to thank for keeping my in touch with the outside world.
words of wisdom from sis: wonderful people don't come by very often
and when it happens, try clinging on to it.
because after all, family and friends are what that matter
i got sis to choose what cake she wanted for her bday.
same'ol marble cake was her pick
Happy Birthday Sis!
i am as glad to have you as a big sister as you are to have me as your baby sister :P
you know we love you :)
thanks Ai Ming for all these wonderful photos! and Picasa rocks my world!
Labels: family n love, friends n love
Quotes of the Week
The patient has AF. Let's treat him with some sense of impending doom!
- atropine gives patient sense of impending doom
Hooray fat cells! Let's get ourself ready for the next famine!
- that's the reason why it is so easy to put on weight but so hard to get rid of them
Labels: medicine and me
Quotes of the Week
"If you tried but couldn't find it, that's is fine. You are just incompetent. But if you didn't look for it, then it is negligence."
"The patient is not anaesthetised. Ewwww...."
"Consultants are never late. They are just delayed."
"OSCE is a game. It is a game of getting 40 ticks in 8 minutes."
"Your summary has to be 1 hour wiser than your introduction."
"You get actors in OSCE pretty often. You can't trust them. *silence* They are out of work actors."
Labels: medicine and me
of ice cream and cake
it has been a while since I baked something. Clinical school has been pretty busy. and with the very heavy weighted exam coming up in 13 weeks, busy is an understatement. But it is fun nonetheless. I know I am learning something new, something important each day. so everything is good :) only if I could survive with less sleep, THAT would be even better.
Back to baking, or i shall say assembling -
we celebrated Jacq's and Jasper's bday yesterday and I somehow ended up making their birthday cake. I decided on Ice-cream cake because it's something different, something new, something you would like to have in summer and most importantly - something foolproof :P
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or so i thought
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the only thing that went wrong with the cake was the decoration part. I was too impatient to wait for the ice-cream to freeze and settle properly before i put all the fruits on (to my defense, it was pretty close to bedtime). and as a result of my sleep deprivation and hence lack of judgment, the next morning when i woke up, all my fruits sank and were submerged in the sea of icecream =.= it wasn't a pretty sight.
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lesson of the day: when the recipe says wait until the icecream is completely frozen, you WAIT.
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but everything turned out ok, with a trip to the supermarket for more fruits and a little bit of patching up
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mission accomplished
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no drama :)
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i am starting my cardiorespiratory block next. ECG here i come!
Happy Sunday Peeps :)
Labels: baking and me, friends, medicine and me
