Extravascated Fluid from the Orad Cavity: January 2006

xing nian quai le

hey all

sorry for the lack of entries over the past 3 wks heh

i plead work. what else. also i have become rather addicted to this computer game called rome total war barbarian invasion....so engrossed i am that i can play it for hours and still find it fun haha

oh well we are doing head and neck for anatomy now....and i lift up my levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle in an approximation of a sneer, despairing at the sheer amts of stuff we had to remember. ok i just wanted to invent a sentence to insert in the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle...haha! see i did it again!! (: playing with heads in the anatomy hall is gruesomely fun...i used the forceps to poke at the eye from within hahaha how cool is tt.

oh i also donated blood for the 1st time in my life yesterdae....wanted to feel how a 10% decrease in intravascular vol would lead to an overriding of the control mechanisms for ECF osmolality, and cause immediate ADH secretion and sympathetic discharge for systemic vasoconstriction....hahaha talk abt using myself as a patient. well the textbooks are right. i know that now.... i always thought physiology was half bulls*** heh.

i will soon post a very interesting topic i have been mulling around in my head (the frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex specifically) for some time now entitled :" Our standards of perfection merely rest on God's Standards of Perfection"

till then...happy chinese new year...and may we all grow rich upon the generosity of long lost relatives who came into mysterious inheritances haha :P

love
joshua

the sick cycle carousel begins

school has started..

daes of relentless studying, trying to listen during lectures, wondering who to have lunch with, cramming/photocopying tutorials and notes, trying to stave off panic and impending doom...relaxing at nite in hostel....midnite suppers....sleep, and repeat ad nauseum.

on another note...there is a rather good medical show on TV now...Gray's Anatomy. the cast is a good mix, the characters are interestingly eccentric, and the content highly watchable. in a word, the show is just...real... im sure all med students will see a little bit of ourselves in all the pple portrayed there...the need to fill/fit into the shoes of your parents/siblings, the need to prove oneself to yourself and others, to excel, the insecurity and inadequacy felt sometimes, a touch of arrogance (c'mon dun deny it lah)....and most often..just bone-dry weariness, feeling as if your life blood has been sucked out of you by seniors and patients.

but i still like the show heh.
when they talk about the causes of oedema i can list them too
when they talk abt using digoxin in heart attack patients i remember the mechanism
when they mention a patient presenting mild colic diverticulosis i know what it is!

but when they talk abt love, i dun know what tt is....

joshua

I, Me and Myself

hello again....becuz i am bored, feeling a lil' down (schs starting argh), havent got a gf (why? why! *sob*) yet feeling egocentric, i shall post a few pics of myself i found lying ard in my com. haha shameless! yes i know. but i Dont Care so There. (: