A doctor

It has been 6 months since my last update. Despite my annoying complaints on this blog, i miraculously passed my exams and now officially a doctor.

My Old Lappy, Sold

My first ever first-hand laptop, a NEC Versa was something I was proud of. Bought at a whooping RM4000 from Low Yatt, it was one of the best product of NEC at that time, with Intel Core Duo, 14 inch screen, and Nvidia Graphics. I completely rendered the keyboard unusable when I spilled my coffee on it, one day. The coffee somehow ruined the power and wifi button. I transformed the laptop into a desktop by attaching an external monitor and a keyboard. It served me good until I became very nauseous with the constant edgy lines formed on the monitor. It seemed that the power inlet had become loose and electrical current leaked causing funny lines on the monitor and buzzing sound from the speakers. Finally after serving me for 5 years, I finally sold the laptop for 50 dollars. Salute to NEC for a great product.

Superb Presentation

"That was the single best presentation I've ever seen!"

My colleague patted on my back and kept praising. I pulled a little smile. I just finished giving a presentation on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, a rheumatoid disease affecting children.

"All those animation, and arrows flying, it was like you're using a special version of Power Point. How did you pull that kind of stuff?"

"Err, I learnt them from Youtube"

The actual thing is actually I have been playing around with Microsoft Power Point for years. So, graphic and its custom animation have become a second nature to me. I have always been bored to death by the consultants' lectures. So, I've decided to show those narcissistic dudes, how to give a kick-ass presentation.

Come on, willpower!

After a few weeks of accumulating strength and reviving myself from feeling down and weary, I finally managed to put myself together this morning and settled some of my long abandoned works. These days, being a final year, I have really to steal some time in between classes to complete non-medical tasks. The amount of workload is enormous when your teammates are starting to leave you one by one. I was a bit satisfied this morning for all the works done, but I realized that I was late for the OPD session. I came in for the tutorial later on and got scolded and accused of slacking. My body was really tired that time, that all the rambling was heard like ocean wave. Last night on-call and extra Ajinomoto in the dinner meal must have shut my system down. Afterwards, I was targeted frequently in the tutorial. I suppose the next 5 weeks will be a hard time for me. I believe my faith and my willpower are the only things that I can rely on to get back into track.

Frigggin Cold

I realized that my daytime somnolence is actually worse in cold days. I was struggling to wake up and I slept on the library chair in a sitting position (as usual). My teammate was down with flu so I decided to go for my on-call a bit later, and have an early escape. Willpower is unlimited, you only have to utilise it. Like one Malay proverb, when there is will, there is a way.