Hardware Failure

When it rains, it pours.
On Monday, the printer (Epson Stylus Photo 830) stopped functioning. Actually, it’s been malfunctioning ever since a cartridge of third-party ink was slotted into it a few months back.
Well, if looked at strictly, it’s required constant time and money (spent on ink) cleaning the inkjet nozzles which have a tendency [...]

Toronto Notes 2007

The Brother is back in town from Canada, and he comes with a powerful offering.
Behold! The Toronto Notes 2007!

O&G: Women’s Health

One of the problems with constantly being in a public hospital in Singapore is that cases that are seen are the more interesting, the more tragic, the more complicated. And J., halfway through his posting, has seen a fair number of cases.
He is glad to be a man.
That is despite the fact that at all [...]

Link: Daylight Atheism

Daylight Atheism
Nighttime is for dreaming. Daylight is for action.
Evident in the title is the fact that the author is an atheist and unabashedly so.
The site does not resort to bashing Christianity. It does not focus on the fringe “extremist” groups. It does not continuously rehash old arguments.
The site’s layout is clear and easy to navigate. [...]

Friend from Taiwan – Lunch at Banana Leaf Apolo

A few years back, J. went for this tour of Taiwan that was sponsored partially by a Taiwanese group. It was targeted at overseas Chinese (i.e. not from People’s Republic of China, a.k.a. China or from Republic of China, a.k.a. Taiwan).
The tour itself was taken by a group of university undergraduates, a number of whom [...]

Ankle Sprain: Phase II

It’s been more than a few days since J. over-inverted his foot, disrupting the lateral ligamentous complex, most likely the anterior talofibular ligament, during a rousing game of basketball.
Having tried his best to adhere to [unsuccessfully] RICE treatment, J. has tided over the most painful period into the next phase.
Just for interest’s sake, J. [...]

O&G: Operating Theatre – Life and Death

J. was recently posted to the OT to watch and hopefully to scrub up and assist. Two operations seen had vastly different implications.
In the first, the start of a new human’s life in the external world began. In the second, any potential for growth or life was detroyed.

Ankle Sprain: Phase I (Immediately Post-injury)

Not a good day for basketball. There was one minor car accident, three sprained ankles and one stubbed finger.
The finger and one ankle belong to J., darn the luck.
Any army/medical personnel will tell you that the management of a sprain is “RICE“. Let’s see how J. managed his ankle in comparison to what is [...]

Career Seminar – Career Path After HO-ship

In what should be one of the final career seminar talks for the academic year, the focus was on what constitutes a good house officer (intern).
Dr Soumen (Medical Officer) gave “A junior professional’s perspective on HO-ship”
Dr Goh (Consultant) gave “A senior professional’s perspective on HO-ship”
Unfortunately J. was indisposed until the latter part of Dr [...]

Fitness Maintainence – 15-min Routine A

During this O&G posting and with the Pathology examination looming over his head, J. doesn’t have time for his usual 1hr30min workout routines. There has been no time for the 8km runs (takes 40min), no time for the lengthy gym sessions (1hr), no time for swimming laps (1hr 10min). It’s been even more difficult given [...]