It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way. --- Pro 19:2
It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider his vows. --- Pro 20:25
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. --- Pro 21:5
Through my quiet time these days, as I read the book of Proverbs, God has taught me the danger of haste...It comes at an expectedly apt time as I realised how hasty I can be, in my making decisions and conversations. I have been praying for wisdom, and God directed me to the center of it...Stop! Think! Pray!!!
Oh Lord, give me the wisdom to think before I speak and pray before I act. May I continue to seek wisdom in You.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Reality Check.
1. Not all Christians behave like they should. It hurts to see the "strong" ones fall into the temptation of the world and even more painful to see them leave the faith. And you wonder...wld you be next
2. The perfect thing you hold dear to may be a covering to many pains beneath...and when the covering peels, it is shocking and stunning to even glimpse what lies within...
3. I am not who I am...where I think I am strong is where I will fall. Life then becomes a painful struggle, cos then there is nothing that I am strong in...
4. It's 22 days to Patho Pros...
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Reality Check. Despite the worst of it all, God is faithful and He never changes!!! Amen!!!
2. The perfect thing you hold dear to may be a covering to many pains beneath...and when the covering peels, it is shocking and stunning to even glimpse what lies within...
3. I am not who I am...where I think I am strong is where I will fall. Life then becomes a painful struggle, cos then there is nothing that I am strong in...
4. It's 22 days to Patho Pros...
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Reality Check. Despite the worst of it all, God is faithful and He never changes!!! Amen!!!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
A medical student's prayer...
Dear Lord,
I'll be having my long case tmr. Still have loads I haven't studied, and loads that I've studied yet can't seem to remember...But Father, in all things, I want to give thanks. Thank You for leading me thru this wonderful posting, one blessed with great tutors, friendly patients and a gd chance to consolidate things I've learnt.
Lord, I commit the exam tmr into your hands. I ask that you grant my examiners wisdom to judge and evaluate me fairly, that I will have attained the standards I sld.
Father, I pray that you calm my heart and grant me a clarity of mind, to be able to take a focused and thorough history, think on the spot, recall what I've learnt and consolidate my thoughts. Grant me wisdom to speak, for I know I'm especially weak in presenting.
I thank you for the peace that you give that transcends all understanding. Keep my friends in your hands too oh Lord.
Good night Father. Amen!!
I'll be having my long case tmr. Still have loads I haven't studied, and loads that I've studied yet can't seem to remember...But Father, in all things, I want to give thanks. Thank You for leading me thru this wonderful posting, one blessed with great tutors, friendly patients and a gd chance to consolidate things I've learnt.
Lord, I commit the exam tmr into your hands. I ask that you grant my examiners wisdom to judge and evaluate me fairly, that I will have attained the standards I sld.
Father, I pray that you calm my heart and grant me a clarity of mind, to be able to take a focused and thorough history, think on the spot, recall what I've learnt and consolidate my thoughts. Grant me wisdom to speak, for I know I'm especially weak in presenting.
I thank you for the peace that you give that transcends all understanding. Keep my friends in your hands too oh Lord.
Good night Father. Amen!!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Life...
Just received news of a friend's sudden passing. Dr David Ho, a friend and senior, has been called home to be with the Lord.
This sudden and shocking news comes as a reminder that death lurks near, and does still have power over us. But we take comfort in the knowledge and confidence that Christ has won victory over death. Christ has broken the chains of death and set us free. By this faith, we know that David is in the arms of our Father, enjoying His pressence with the heavenly host.
We mourn for the passing of a friend, but take comfort that we will join him one day in heaven. May the Lord continue to strengthen and comfort his family in the tough times.
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Life is really so short and full of uncertainty. We often want to have control over our life, but the reality is, we can't. And in trying to "be in control", we become miserable and frustrated with life. Life becomes a chasing after the wind, a never ending toil.
"Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless. What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?" Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
But Christ promised that He came to earth to give us life, and that we may live life to the fullest...
This sudden and shocking news comes as a reminder that death lurks near, and does still have power over us. But we take comfort in the knowledge and confidence that Christ has won victory over death. Christ has broken the chains of death and set us free. By this faith, we know that David is in the arms of our Father, enjoying His pressence with the heavenly host.
We mourn for the passing of a friend, but take comfort that we will join him one day in heaven. May the Lord continue to strengthen and comfort his family in the tough times.
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Life is really so short and full of uncertainty. We often want to have control over our life, but the reality is, we can't. And in trying to "be in control", we become miserable and frustrated with life. Life becomes a chasing after the wind, a never ending toil.
"Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless. What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?" Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
But Christ promised that He came to earth to give us life, and that we may live life to the fullest...
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Vincent's wedding...
It's a blessing to be at Vincent and Phyllis wedding. Such a touching scene, Vincent and Phyllis exchange their wedding vows under the witness of God and man, walking down the aisle as they begin a new chapter in their live, thanking all the impt ppl who have made an impact to their lives...
Congratulations Vincent!!! May the Lord be the head of your household as you and your family worship Him. May you (2 of you becomes one now) continue to grow closer to God.
Poor student like me can't afford expasive gifts, but made a little card as a gift to Vincent on behalf of my beloved (and dearly missed) Phirox team mates...Took a painstaking 6h making it (first time la)...It may not be fantastic, but it's our blessing to Mr and Mrs Vincent Lim!!
Fig 1 Front of handmade card!! (verse = Mark 10:7 )
Fig 2 Inside of card. Photo taken at Island Creamery, pre trip. Rach, don't worry, I added your msg in :) (verse = 1 Cor 13:4-8)
Congratulations Vincent!!! May the Lord be the head of your household as you and your family worship Him. May you (2 of you becomes one now) continue to grow closer to God.
Poor student like me can't afford expasive gifts, but made a little card as a gift to Vincent on behalf of my beloved (and dearly missed) Phirox team mates...Took a painstaking 6h making it (first time la)...It may not be fantastic, but it's our blessing to Mr and Mrs Vincent Lim!!
Fig 1 Front of handmade card!! (verse = Mark 10:7 )Fig 2 Inside of card. Photo taken at Island Creamery, pre trip. Rach, don't worry, I added your msg in :) (verse = 1 Cor 13:4-8)
Fig 3. Back of handmade card. The best pic of us :) PhiROX!!!! Photo: Us at Bagiuo
*In making cards, I remember...*
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Turn my eyes to you O Lord!!!
So many things has happened recently...As I'm being challenged to question what evangelism means, and in light of a hurting friend, another in grief, God has brought me through many a painful lesson.
God has been so merciful, to pick this wretched soul, this useless mud pile to mould it into a pottery worthy for His use. I've been so caught up with myself, trying to find my own answer to questions of life, trying to sort things out my own way. But the answer has been staring at me for so long, just that I simply refuse to turn to it.
Like the authour of Ecc, I've been chasing after the wind. My life purpose was no longer founded on the Rock, but on the sandy ground of guilt/resentment/fear/ materialism/meeting other's expectations "And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind." Ecclesiastes 4:4 That's exactly what I have been!!!
My eyes have turned away from God to Man to Self...O Lord, turn my eyes back to You!!! May I picture Your salvation work and run towards it once more!!!
God has been so merciful, to pick this wretched soul, this useless mud pile to mould it into a pottery worthy for His use. I've been so caught up with myself, trying to find my own answer to questions of life, trying to sort things out my own way. But the answer has been staring at me for so long, just that I simply refuse to turn to it.
Like the authour of Ecc, I've been chasing after the wind. My life purpose was no longer founded on the Rock, but on the sandy ground of guilt/resentment/fear/ materialism/meeting other's expectations "And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man's envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind." Ecclesiastes 4:4 That's exactly what I have been!!!
My eyes have turned away from God to Man to Self...O Lord, turn my eyes back to You!!! May I picture Your salvation work and run towards it once more!!!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Love them like Jesus...
you’re straining for words
You’re trying to make sense of it all
They’re desperate for hope, darkness clouding their view
They’re looking to you
carry them to Him
His yoke is easy, His burden is light
You don’t need the answers to all of life’s questions
Just know that He loves them and stay by their side
Love them like Jesus...
Saturday, November 15, 2008
日有所思，夜有所梦
ARG!!! I'm down with pharyngitis again!!! Started with a mild sore throat this morning and now progressed to low grade fever with severe sore throat, greenish yellow mucus and dry cough...
Anyway, I doped myself with Fedac, paracetamol and serratiopeptidase and went to sleep...
And guess what, my entire dream was about me and my friends clerking the wards over and over again...(maybe it had something to do with the fever Tmax=38.0)
Haha, just this morning I was missing the wards :) missing the interaction with patients (I've always loved to be part of the lives of others, if God willing, to positively impact other's lives), feeling that as a responsible med student, I sld be clerking. But yet I didn't go to the wards in the end (thou many of my friends did) cos 1. I was sick 2. had some unknown apprehension towards clerking...
Guess a friend's email re rejection by patients hit some part of me. Part of the reason of my growing fear of clerking was the increased apprehension towards ppl in general. Seems that I'm losing that 'thick-skiness' to interact with patients, yet I long and yearn to build this rapport with ppl...haha, another struggle...another reason wld be that I feel that every chance to clerk n p/e was so precious, and I sld treasure and make the most of it. But I'm just so ill prepared everytime (cos lazy, nvr read/practice beforehand)...but sill, that sld be no excuse to not clerking, cos that's the best way to learn!!!
Ah!!! God must be speaking to me in dreams :) I'll go clerk and faithfully follow up all my patients next week. May the Lord fill me with the strength, enthusiasm and compassion!!
Arg, sore throat...pain pain pain!!!
Anyway, I doped myself with Fedac, paracetamol and serratiopeptidase and went to sleep...
And guess what, my entire dream was about me and my friends clerking the wards over and over again...(maybe it had something to do with the fever Tmax=38.0)
Haha, just this morning I was missing the wards :) missing the interaction with patients (I've always loved to be part of the lives of others, if God willing, to positively impact other's lives), feeling that as a responsible med student, I sld be clerking. But yet I didn't go to the wards in the end (thou many of my friends did) cos 1. I was sick 2. had some unknown apprehension towards clerking...
Guess a friend's email re rejection by patients hit some part of me. Part of the reason of my growing fear of clerking was the increased apprehension towards ppl in general. Seems that I'm losing that 'thick-skiness' to interact with patients, yet I long and yearn to build this rapport with ppl...haha, another struggle...another reason wld be that I feel that every chance to clerk n p/e was so precious, and I sld treasure and make the most of it. But I'm just so ill prepared everytime (cos lazy, nvr read/practice beforehand)...but sill, that sld be no excuse to not clerking, cos that's the best way to learn!!!
Ah!!! God must be speaking to me in dreams :) I'll go clerk and faithfully follow up all my patients next week. May the Lord fill me with the strength, enthusiasm and compassion!!
Arg, sore throat...pain pain pain!!!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
I am the branch, and Christ the vine
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
John 15 1:8
Feeling like a brach soon to be detached from the vine...
Help me Lord!!! Keep me in your love and mercy!!!
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
John 15 1:8
Feeling like a brach soon to be detached from the vine...
Help me Lord!!! Keep me in your love and mercy!!!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
To love and hate someone
Dear friend,
Never knew it could be possible to love someone yet dread to be in the presence of him. But now I know, it's such a painful struggle...the terrible conflict of wanting to care/love/reach out yet finding it so difficult cos I want nothing gd for you...
It's been like that for goodness knows how long...Everytime I'm with you, I have the errking sensation, but at the same time, my mind reminds me to love you. I wear a smile and everything seems fine. But inside, a storm is raging, a war ongoing...You are a beloved friend, I really love you...but this opposing feeling...it's hurting...
Yet, I can't explain...
As the "bad emo" (I'll call tat for now) increases, my brain reflects everything you do in a negetive light. I've got to consciously tune my brain to be understanding, keep telling myself, tat's who you are and I've got to love you for who you are. In the process of the inner struggle, there must have been subtle signs tat give me away. I've become more aware of them...You are no 3 yr old and I'm sure you've noticed them. As much as I try to hide them, to fight them, to overcome them, I've often been on the losing end. Every time tat happens, I hit myself and ask "Why did I do that?"...yet, I lack the courage and strength to remady things...to say sorry...
I've been praying really hard...I tot it was my pride, for things started out with this unknown jealosy/envy when I'm with you. I prayed that God wld humble me, to take away my pride and help me to love you in completeness. But the "bad emo" grew...It was only recently when one enlightened me, tat as we grew closer to each other, we see a deeper side of each other, which may be unexpected...some times conflicting...
Dearest beloved friend, I'm still trapped and not knowing what's wrong. All I can ask is your forgiveness and understanding. I regret not having the courage to tell you face-to-face, for I fear the hurt that you'll have to bear. For now, pls pray for me and with me, that our Father in heaven, who built this friendship, will restore and bless it.
Father Lord, in my helplessness, I look to you, my hope and strength.
Never knew it could be possible to love someone yet dread to be in the presence of him. But now I know, it's such a painful struggle...the terrible conflict of wanting to care/love/reach out yet finding it so difficult cos I want nothing gd for you...
It's been like that for goodness knows how long...Everytime I'm with you, I have the errking sensation, but at the same time, my mind reminds me to love you. I wear a smile and everything seems fine. But inside, a storm is raging, a war ongoing...You are a beloved friend, I really love you...but this opposing feeling...it's hurting...
Yet, I can't explain...
As the "bad emo" (I'll call tat for now) increases, my brain reflects everything you do in a negetive light. I've got to consciously tune my brain to be understanding, keep telling myself, tat's who you are and I've got to love you for who you are. In the process of the inner struggle, there must have been subtle signs tat give me away. I've become more aware of them...You are no 3 yr old and I'm sure you've noticed them. As much as I try to hide them, to fight them, to overcome them, I've often been on the losing end. Every time tat happens, I hit myself and ask "Why did I do that?"...yet, I lack the courage and strength to remady things...to say sorry...
I've been praying really hard...I tot it was my pride, for things started out with this unknown jealosy/envy when I'm with you. I prayed that God wld humble me, to take away my pride and help me to love you in completeness. But the "bad emo" grew...It was only recently when one enlightened me, tat as we grew closer to each other, we see a deeper side of each other, which may be unexpected...some times conflicting...
Dearest beloved friend, I'm still trapped and not knowing what's wrong. All I can ask is your forgiveness and understanding. I regret not having the courage to tell you face-to-face, for I fear the hurt that you'll have to bear. For now, pls pray for me and with me, that our Father in heaven, who built this friendship, will restore and bless it.
Father Lord, in my helplessness, I look to you, my hope and strength.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Legal obligation of doc
A duty of care is an obligation on one party to take care to prevent harm being suffered by another...outside a hospital or a doctor's surgery, a doctor wld not normally owe a duty of care if he did not attempt to help. In other words, doctors are not legally obliged to act as 'good Samaritans'. However, once a doctor stops and either says he is a doctor, or starts to act as though he is a doctor, he has taken on a duty of care to the patient. This means that she is now potentially liable in negligence (ie can be sued).
Wow!!! After reading this off a medicolegal article, I would now rather people not know that I'm in the medical profession least I get sued for being helpful...
But is that ethical?
Is that Bibilcal?
'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Luke 10:27
*shhh...I am not a doc...*
Wow!!! After reading this off a medicolegal article, I would now rather people not know that I'm in the medical profession least I get sued for being helpful...
But is that ethical?
Is that Bibilcal?
'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Luke 10:27
*shhh...I am not a doc...*
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Man can't serve 2 masters...
"No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other..." Luke 16:13
I always want the best of both worlds, barely squeezing time to accommodate 2 things (events, relationships, commitments)...Greedy eh...and very often, things clash and in the end, I serve neither well.
Then I feel guilty, disappointed, helpless, useless, miserable. Worst still, I become a lousy testimony before others...irresponsible, impulsive, half-hearted...
Yuxuan reminded me of the need to focus.
(Luke 16:13 cont'd)"You cannot serve both God and Money" and similarly, you cannot serve both God and Self...
Father Lord, I want to serve You and You alone!!! So come and be seated on the throne of my life!!!
I always want the best of both worlds, barely squeezing time to accommodate 2 things (events, relationships, commitments)...Greedy eh...and very often, things clash and in the end, I serve neither well.
Then I feel guilty, disappointed, helpless, useless, miserable. Worst still, I become a lousy testimony before others...irresponsible, impulsive, half-hearted...
Yuxuan reminded me of the need to focus.
(Luke 16:13 cont'd)"You cannot serve both God and Money" and similarly, you cannot serve both God and Self...
Father Lord, I want to serve You and You alone!!! So come and be seated on the throne of my life!!!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Life without God...
My "hol" just came to end. 1 week of real hol and 1 week of diagnostic radiology...
While it has been an exciting and fulfiling holiday, as I reflect on the past 2 weeks, I somehow feel a little regret, a little disappointed, a little upset, a little empty... While everyday seemed packed with activities, yet I find myself struggling to start each day...especially during DR, nights are spent on so much "entertainment" tat I wake up feeling so fatigue and living the day like a zombie...
Not only so, I struggled with the lack of discipline, loss the will to overcome temptation, loss the motivation to care for others. I begin to make decisions based on my feelings "wat makes me feel gd", begin to become so laid back...subtlely and dangerously, God was no longer the center of my life...I was...
Indeed, I lost the motivation for QT. Prayer became less...if any, was for success in events. I cared less and less for wat God cared for, I no longer consider what God wld want me do, but wat I wld like to do...
Hols are so dangerous. They deceive you to think that you have much time in your hands, tat you have "control" over your life. When nothing else matters, "I" became the center of the world and God was just there to make sure things went well...
Life without God is MISERABLE n empty...
O Father, take control of my life once more!
While it has been an exciting and fulfiling holiday, as I reflect on the past 2 weeks, I somehow feel a little regret, a little disappointed, a little upset, a little empty... While everyday seemed packed with activities, yet I find myself struggling to start each day...especially during DR, nights are spent on so much "entertainment" tat I wake up feeling so fatigue and living the day like a zombie...
Not only so, I struggled with the lack of discipline, loss the will to overcome temptation, loss the motivation to care for others. I begin to make decisions based on my feelings "wat makes me feel gd", begin to become so laid back...subtlely and dangerously, God was no longer the center of my life...I was...
Indeed, I lost the motivation for QT. Prayer became less...if any, was for success in events. I cared less and less for wat God cared for, I no longer consider what God wld want me do, but wat I wld like to do...
Hols are so dangerous. They deceive you to think that you have much time in your hands, tat you have "control" over your life. When nothing else matters, "I" became the center of the world and God was just there to make sure things went well...
Life without God is MISERABLE n empty...
O Father, take control of my life once more!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
My hols...it's almost over :(
Ah, the hols really quickly come, quickly go...almost a blink of an eye and i'm 4/5 through my hols. So many things I wished I had more time to do, yet my hols has already been so packed:
Sun:
AM -- Church. Rally missed my 小组. Glad everyone has finished exams. Looking forward to our outing on 27 Oct!!!
PM --1) Karunaya (I'm so sry Bro Reuben for not being able to make it for the past few weeks) 2) Celebrating Kenny's b'day @ Minds cafe. Happy b'day bro!!!
Mon:
AM -- rest, i woke up at 12pm cos was watching 新鹿鼎记 the whole night/morning till 5am
PM -- had BS with Milton n Jonny. Really appreciate the difficulty of leading BS. Still have so much to learn, bout asking the right qns, bout accepting silence. Thank God for the passionate CGLs He has blessed VCF.
Tue:
AM -- had lunch with Grandma, then met SK to hand up log book n cards. Oh yes, bon voyage Sam!! Hope you'll have a great, blessed, restful hol in Aus. Come back with some kangaroos ok?
PM -- VCF!!! Finally, after so long. I totally miss everyone. It was great to be back in fellowship. How I wished could spend more time with everyone...
Wed:
AM --Rest (woke up at 11am), and went to see polyclinic for referral to NSC (yes, my acne!!!). Didn't know Hougang Poly shifte to Bungkok Green...
PM -- Dinner with SMA
Thu (Today):
AM -- With Aaron, MC and Shera to trek Handerson Waves (totally cool!! We took lots of photos with Shera's cam n mine. Thank God for the great weather, for beautiful nature and great friends.) Met Xian, Kenny, WZ and Jon who were mugging for Peads. ALL the best guys!!!
PM -- Visit 婆婆
Fri:
AM -- Lunch with Shen Kiat
PM -- Leading worship @ 中友
Sat:
AM -- send Ben off to the airport
PM -- worship prac for Sunday
Ah, a friend commented that shouldn't I be freer during the hols? My honest reply, hols always seem busier for me :) So many things to be done, so many things I want to do, yet no time/energy to do them...I had come up with a list of stuff I wanted to accomplish during this break, but I'm less than halfway complete :( Still got impt things to do like pack my OnG notes, call someone, prep for the worships, prepare for Patho, complete some serial etc...Arg!!! Father, how?!?!? Can I wish for more time?
But thank God He's a just and faithful God. He has given all of us 24h equally, it just depends on how we use them. Father, do give me wisdom to use my time wisely that your Name be glorified!!
Anyway, a random tot tat came to mind. Shera was sharing tat we as doc have a very stable job in the future, cos wherever we go, we will be employed. So i tot, since we have the assurance of a stable job, why study so hard, be under so much stress? Just make it thru MBBS, survive HOship and then go be a GP somewhere. Don't need to worry bout trainingship or anymore stress... ... sounds gd eh? But is that what God wants me to do? Is that how He wld like to see me spend my life? The ans was a definite NO!!! And tat's why I'm studying so hard, giving myself the stress to know my stuff (and living in the constant fear of not being competent). Cos I'm answerable and accountable to God who has given me this precious chance to be in Med.
That's the beauty of med I guess, that we don't study just to pass, or to compete with each other. But we study so we can be competent to serve our patients in the future! I love med!!!
On that note...I'll better be bucking up. My foundations are really lousy!!! Oh Father Lord, help me!!! Discipline!!! Focus!!!
Sun:
AM -- Church. Rally missed my 小组. Glad everyone has finished exams. Looking forward to our outing on 27 Oct!!!
PM --1) Karunaya (I'm so sry Bro Reuben for not being able to make it for the past few weeks) 2) Celebrating Kenny's b'day @ Minds cafe. Happy b'day bro!!!
Mon:
AM -- rest, i woke up at 12pm cos was watching 新鹿鼎记 the whole night/morning till 5am
PM -- had BS with Milton n Jonny. Really appreciate the difficulty of leading BS. Still have so much to learn, bout asking the right qns, bout accepting silence. Thank God for the passionate CGLs He has blessed VCF.
Tue:
AM -- had lunch with Grandma, then met SK to hand up log book n cards. Oh yes, bon voyage Sam!! Hope you'll have a great, blessed, restful hol in Aus. Come back with some kangaroos ok?
PM -- VCF!!! Finally, after so long. I totally miss everyone. It was great to be back in fellowship. How I wished could spend more time with everyone...
Wed:
AM --Rest (woke up at 11am), and went to see polyclinic for referral to NSC (yes, my acne!!!). Didn't know Hougang Poly shifte to Bungkok Green...
PM -- Dinner with SMA
Thu (Today):
AM -- With Aaron, MC and Shera to trek Handerson Waves (totally cool!! We took lots of photos with Shera's cam n mine. Thank God for the great weather, for beautiful nature and great friends.) Met Xian, Kenny, WZ and Jon who were mugging for Peads. ALL the best guys!!!
PM -- Visit 婆婆
Fri:
AM -- Lunch with Shen Kiat
PM -- Leading worship @ 中友
Sat:
AM -- send Ben off to the airport
PM -- worship prac for Sunday
Ah, a friend commented that shouldn't I be freer during the hols? My honest reply, hols always seem busier for me :) So many things to be done, so many things I want to do, yet no time/energy to do them...I had come up with a list of stuff I wanted to accomplish during this break, but I'm less than halfway complete :( Still got impt things to do like pack my OnG notes, call someone, prep for the worships, prepare for Patho, complete some serial etc...Arg!!! Father, how?!?!? Can I wish for more time?
But thank God He's a just and faithful God. He has given all of us 24h equally, it just depends on how we use them. Father, do give me wisdom to use my time wisely that your Name be glorified!!
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That's the beauty of med I guess, that we don't study just to pass, or to compete with each other. But we study so we can be competent to serve our patients in the future! I love med!!!
On that note...I'll better be bucking up. My foundations are really lousy!!! Oh Father Lord, help me!!! Discipline!!! Focus!!!
Friday, October 10, 2008
My prayer and confidence...
Friday, October 3, 2008
If I was a baby...
Was mugging at Habourfront center Food Junction. OnG EOPT/MBBS in 4 days....stressed!!!
Took a break. Window shopped. Walked past MotherCare...
Saw the many parents and parents-to-be shopping for baby products. Out of curiosity, my legs also brought me into their midst.
Suddenly, I felt like a parent too. Thinking how I would raise my kids, how I would bring them to shop, me and my wife considering what to buy, the necessities and luxuries...I looked at the smiles of the parents all around me, and recalling the many interactions I've had with mothers thru the posting...This mini-excursion seems to make the whole process of become a mother more complete...the little out-of-hospital realities...
... ... ...
On my way home, saw a dad piggybacking his daughter. An instant flashback of how my Dad used to piggyback me, who was exhausted after a day of excursion. As I slept in the security of his arms, laid comfortably on his shoulders and drooling onto his back...Ah, how I wish I could be a baby again...
I am a big baby secure in the arms of my Father in heaven!!
... ... ...
ARG!!! The stress!!!!...Hahah...hallusinating...
But God's love is real!!! It's not an illusion...
Took a break. Window shopped. Walked past MotherCare...
Saw the many parents and parents-to-be shopping for baby products. Out of curiosity, my legs also brought me into their midst.
Suddenly, I felt like a parent too. Thinking how I would raise my kids, how I would bring them to shop, me and my wife considering what to buy, the necessities and luxuries...I looked at the smiles of the parents all around me, and recalling the many interactions I've had with mothers thru the posting...This mini-excursion seems to make the whole process of become a mother more complete...the little out-of-hospital realities...
... ... ...
On my way home, saw a dad piggybacking his daughter. An instant flashback of how my Dad used to piggyback me, who was exhausted after a day of excursion. As I slept in the security of his arms, laid comfortably on his shoulders and drooling onto his back...Ah, how I wish I could be a baby again...
I am a big baby secure in the arms of my Father in heaven!!
... ... ...
ARG!!! The stress!!!!...Hahah...hallusinating...
But God's love is real!!! It's not an illusion...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Abortion
Had wanted to see a termination of pregnancy (TOP) for myself, to have a better understanding of the procedure and also to experience it...
I stepped into the OT unknowing tat a dilation and evacuation (D&E) was being done. It was just a normal procedure, done in less than 10min, no drama no excitement. I just stood there and went "Orh"...it was only after the patient was wheeled out did I realise it was a TOP...
And then came the second case for TOP. Still the same D&E, 10min, and it was over. But this time my heart was greatly disturbed...10min, that was all it took to end a precious life, a life that God had allowed to grow in the mother's womb. Worst of all, there was no sense of loss or grief in that OT, there was no treasuring of the life just lost...I don't blame the staff, for TOPs are really "bread n butter"...But man, this simply cheapens life...
Wont' want to go into a whole ethical arguement of abortion...But for me, I'm certainly going to be an objector!!
I stepped into the OT unknowing tat a dilation and evacuation (D&E) was being done. It was just a normal procedure, done in less than 10min, no drama no excitement. I just stood there and went "Orh"...it was only after the patient was wheeled out did I realise it was a TOP...
And then came the second case for TOP. Still the same D&E, 10min, and it was over. But this time my heart was greatly disturbed...10min, that was all it took to end a precious life, a life that God had allowed to grow in the mother's womb. Worst of all, there was no sense of loss or grief in that OT, there was no treasuring of the life just lost...I don't blame the staff, for TOPs are really "bread n butter"...But man, this simply cheapens life...
Wont' want to go into a whole ethical arguement of abortion...But for me, I'm certainly going to be an objector!!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
My first delievery...
It was hours of pain and agony for the mother.
I recall Mum (the patient) walking into the delivery suite with a handsome Dad (the patient's husband). I recall their smile and friendly faces, her beautifully tied up hair and elegantly white night gown. I recall the sweet young lady whose hand I shook as I introduced myself.
But as the labour progressed, the transformation came. From beautifully tied up, I soon see a ugly sweat stained hair forming a messy spread. The friendly face now stained with sweat and tears, filled with painful helplessness, full of agony and distress. The once confident Dad, stripped of confidence, replaced by helplessness, watching Mum struggle as the contractions got worse.
Each time I reviewed them, Dad kept asking how long more. I explained to the best of my abilities and I know Dad held onto my every word hopefully. It was then I remembered the purpose of mugging, not for the academia, not for pride, but for my patients.
Time passed quickly for me (it was a night call, plus had many things to do), but for the couple, I know it must have been like an eternity of torture. Mum was going into wired distortions, gritting onto her teeth, clenching tightly to Dad's hands. It was a painful sight! Even I grew helpless seeing Mum in such agony yet refusing all forms of analgesia. Gen 3:16 "To the women [God] said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children"..."
But soon, stage 2 begin. The room, once filled with only Mum's groans was now joined by the midwife and my screams. "Push...1...2...3...change breath and go...1...2...3...you're doing very well...I can see the baby's head...some more..." Amidst the frantic excitement, there was a heartwarming scene. Dad holding onto Mum's hand tightly and wiping the sweat off her forehead. Tired out and a little overwhelmed, Dad could only count weakly along with us.It was from the corner of my eye that I saw Dad bending over, giving Mum a gentle kiss and whispered: "You can do it. I'm here with you". Ah, my heart melts.
With a final push, the baby's head soon emerged. Pushing against the perineum with my right hand, my left was left to apply a constant flexion force on the baby's head. I was so afraid to press on the baby's head, fearful of any damage I might cause. But the midwife held my hand and applied quite some force so I guess it must be alright. Nonetheless, I found myself praying for the Lord's protection on the baby (n that we ain't doing any serious damage). As the baby rotated clockwise and the shoulders were visualised. I slipped my left hand under the anterior (baby's right) axila and my right grabbing the posterior (baby's left) shoulder, pulled the baby upwards with continued clockwise rotation.
And the baby was out! Boy you should have been there. The whole atmosphere in the room rocketed and joy filled the once cold stillness. Dad was smiling broadly and gave Mum a victorious hug. Mum, on the hand smiled weakly, but her eyes shone full of hope. Me? I was almost touched to tears. Staring at the baby, I was flooded by great emtions. I turned to a teary Dad and relieved Mum, saying "Congratulations. I am really pround of you."
I stopped short at that. But how I wished I could encourage the parents more, to remind them to teach their child well, to love him and care for him, and even to prepare them for the tough road ahead. Proverb 22:6 "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. " I prayed over the child, that he will grow up healthily to become a fine gentleman, to honour his parents and be a blessing to others. But my greatest prayer was that he will know the Lord who gave him life and walk closely in His way.
I don't know the name of the child, neither would I remember the names of Dad and Mum...I would probaly never meet either of them again. But I know the Lord will!! Father Lord, I pray that you would hear my prayers and bless this child, that he would walk in the ways of You and even come to know You and accept You as his personal saviour.
*Skip the details of how I fumbled post stage 2 eg clamping the cord, cleaning the baby, trying to carry the baby (boy are they slippery), drawing blood from the uterine vein, delievering the placenta etc*
I recall Mum (the patient) walking into the delivery suite with a handsome Dad (the patient's husband). I recall their smile and friendly faces, her beautifully tied up hair and elegantly white night gown. I recall the sweet young lady whose hand I shook as I introduced myself.
But as the labour progressed, the transformation came. From beautifully tied up, I soon see a ugly sweat stained hair forming a messy spread. The friendly face now stained with sweat and tears, filled with painful helplessness, full of agony and distress. The once confident Dad, stripped of confidence, replaced by helplessness, watching Mum struggle as the contractions got worse.
Each time I reviewed them, Dad kept asking how long more. I explained to the best of my abilities and I know Dad held onto my every word hopefully. It was then I remembered the purpose of mugging, not for the academia, not for pride, but for my patients.
Time passed quickly for me (it was a night call, plus had many things to do), but for the couple, I know it must have been like an eternity of torture. Mum was going into wired distortions, gritting onto her teeth, clenching tightly to Dad's hands. It was a painful sight! Even I grew helpless seeing Mum in such agony yet refusing all forms of analgesia. Gen 3:16 "To the women [God] said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children"..."
But soon, stage 2 begin. The room, once filled with only Mum's groans was now joined by the midwife and my screams. "Push...1...2...3...change breath and go...1...2...3...you're doing very well...I can see the baby's head...some more..." Amidst the frantic excitement, there was a heartwarming scene. Dad holding onto Mum's hand tightly and wiping the sweat off her forehead. Tired out and a little overwhelmed, Dad could only count weakly along with us.It was from the corner of my eye that I saw Dad bending over, giving Mum a gentle kiss and whispered: "You can do it. I'm here with you". Ah, my heart melts.
With a final push, the baby's head soon emerged. Pushing against the perineum with my right hand, my left was left to apply a constant flexion force on the baby's head. I was so afraid to press on the baby's head, fearful of any damage I might cause. But the midwife held my hand and applied quite some force so I guess it must be alright. Nonetheless, I found myself praying for the Lord's protection on the baby (n that we ain't doing any serious damage). As the baby rotated clockwise and the shoulders were visualised. I slipped my left hand under the anterior (baby's right) axila and my right grabbing the posterior (baby's left) shoulder, pulled the baby upwards with continued clockwise rotation.
And the baby was out! Boy you should have been there. The whole atmosphere in the room rocketed and joy filled the once cold stillness. Dad was smiling broadly and gave Mum a victorious hug. Mum, on the hand smiled weakly, but her eyes shone full of hope. Me? I was almost touched to tears. Staring at the baby, I was flooded by great emtions. I turned to a teary Dad and relieved Mum, saying "Congratulations. I am really pround of you."
I stopped short at that. But how I wished I could encourage the parents more, to remind them to teach their child well, to love him and care for him, and even to prepare them for the tough road ahead. Proverb 22:6 "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. " I prayed over the child, that he will grow up healthily to become a fine gentleman, to honour his parents and be a blessing to others. But my greatest prayer was that he will know the Lord who gave him life and walk closely in His way.
I don't know the name of the child, neither would I remember the names of Dad and Mum...I would probaly never meet either of them again. But I know the Lord will!! Father Lord, I pray that you would hear my prayers and bless this child, that he would walk in the ways of You and even come to know You and accept You as his personal saviour.
*Skip the details of how I fumbled post stage 2 eg clamping the cord, cleaning the baby, trying to carry the baby (boy are they slippery), drawing blood from the uterine vein, delievering the placenta etc*
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Of babies and adults
*just back from OnG night call*
Babies are undeniably the cutest things :)
They are so innocent, so adorable, so full of hope, so pure...even their cry sends such joy and hope to the parents...ok, i refer to their first cry
But as I look at us grown ups, I just find it hard to imagine that we were all once babies...We're so complicated, so dark often so mysterious...
Ah, we live in a fallen world indeed...
Would Christ make us all babies once again? I wonder...
Babies are undeniably the cutest things :)
They are so innocent, so adorable, so full of hope, so pure...even their cry sends such joy and hope to the parents...ok, i refer to their first cry
But as I look at us grown ups, I just find it hard to imagine that we were all once babies...We're so complicated, so dark often so mysterious...
Ah, we live in a fallen world indeed...
Would Christ make us all babies once again? I wonder...
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Pharyngitis!!!!
Arh...sore throat...can't talk...pain pain
Haha, maybe God's reminding me to speak less and listen more :)
Haha, maybe God's reminding me to speak less and listen more :)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
I am tired...
It is only the beginning...
Yet I'm feeling weary...tired from the constant running after a target that never seems to stop. I set my goals but it seems that I'm merely chasing them, yet never reaching them...
But I thank God that He is my joy and strength!!!! I will hope in Him and He will make me soar on the wings of the eagles!!!!
Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return safely to my father's household, then the LORD will be my God and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth."
Oh Lord, may this be my prayer too.
Yet I'm feeling weary...tired from the constant running after a target that never seems to stop. I set my goals but it seems that I'm merely chasing them, yet never reaching them...
But I thank God that He is my joy and strength!!!! I will hope in Him and He will make me soar on the wings of the eagles!!!!
Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return safely to my father's household, then the LORD will be my God and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth."
Oh Lord, may this be my prayer too.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
3 Cheers for Singapore!!!!
3 Cheers to Li Jiawei, Wang Yue Gu, Feng Tianwei and the Singapore Table tennis team!!! You guys rock!!! We are so proud of you!!!! Praise the Lord!!! Let our flag fly high!!!!
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/368387/1/.html
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Happy 43th Birthday Singapore!!!!
To my dearest nation,
May the Lord continue to bless Singapore, so that we may be a blessing to the other nations around us. Grant our leaders wisdom and discernment, to serve the people with compassion and a fear of the Lord...Amen.
**********
Ah, thank God for my beloved CG. Really encouraged to see everyone present today. Way to go!!! May we cont'd to mature in Christ, to be a strong support to each other in our journey thru the challenges of Med sch and life...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES!!!!!
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Olympic Theme songs
Tina Arena --- "The Flame"
Sydney Olympic 2000 Opening Ceremony
Nikki Webster ---'We'll Be One'
2000 Sydney Olympics Closing Ceremony
Celine Dion ---'Power of Dream'
1996 Atlanta Olympics Openning Ceremony
Gloria Estefan ---'Reach'
1996 Atlanta Olympics Closing Ceremony
Children of Atlanta---'Power of Dream'
1996 Atlanta Olympics ClosingCeremony
Sydney Olympic 2000 Opening Ceremony
Nikki Webster ---'We'll Be One'
2000 Sydney Olympics Closing Ceremony
Celine Dion ---'Power of Dream'
1996 Atlanta Olympics Openning Ceremony
Gloria Estefan ---'Reach'
1996 Atlanta Olympics Closing Ceremony
Children of Atlanta---'Power of Dream'
1996 Atlanta Olympics ClosingCeremony
Go Go Olympics Spirit!!!!
What a spectacular Olympics openning!!! Even "grand" undermines the beauty and magnificence of the openning ceremony. From the massive cast involved, to the state of the arts technology employed, to the rich Chinese culture displayed...I was taken aback in awe even at being in front of the small TV screen.
I can only imagine the emotions of the atheletes as they walked into the stadium, to stand pround as ambesssadors of their country, to hold still the integrity as a sportsman and uphold the Olympic Spirit...Such glory and sense of achievement!!
The Olympic Spirit, the spirit of unity and peace, excellence and sportmanship. It draws nations together and crystalises friendships. It belongs to the athaletes and who they represent.
I can only dream I was amongst them, to walk alongside team Singapore...But that wld be too big a dream :) Nonetheless, GO GO Team Singapore!!! We're with you all in Spirit!!!Do us proud!!!
I can only imagine the emotions of the atheletes as they walked into the stadium, to stand pround as ambesssadors of their country, to hold still the integrity as a sportsman and uphold the Olympic Spirit...Such glory and sense of achievement!!
The Olympic Spirit, the spirit of unity and peace, excellence and sportmanship. It draws nations together and crystalises friendships. It belongs to the athaletes and who they represent.
I can only dream I was amongst them, to walk alongside team Singapore...But that wld be too big a dream :) Nonetheless, GO GO Team Singapore!!! We're with you all in Spirit!!!Do us proud!!!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Stephen Tong Gospel Rally!!!!
Don't miss this power pack rally!!!
28 Aug 2008 7-930pm @ LT27, NUS
29 Aug 2008 7 - 930pm @ LT1A, NTU (North Spine)
11-14 September 2008 7.00pm @ Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
In memory of...
Today, we mourn.
A friend lost.
In sorrow, we remember.
this friend we once shared...
Our class, once whole, has been broken.
Yet in the midst of a lost, we have found unity.
We are...the class of AY 2005/2010.
Our lives intertwined...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
HEAHACHE!!!!!
Arg...pain...pain...pain...
Dr Tay says it's tension headache, extracranial muscular contractions...thank God nothing serious (was thinking some space occupying lesion...)
But wah, it feels terrible...very terrible...so bad I can hardly move...
Ah well...
Wat a birthday gift :P really memorable
Dr Tay says it's tension headache, extracranial muscular contractions...thank God nothing serious (was thinking some space occupying lesion...)
But wah, it feels terrible...very terrible...so bad I can hardly move...
Ah well...
Wat a birthday gift :P really memorable
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I'm 22!!!
*singing with much glee* Happy birthday to me...happy birthday to me...happpy birthday to me...happy birthday to me!!!
Just want to thank my Lord for 22 years of blessings. Indeed He has been faithful, guiding me all the way, never leaving me or forsaking me, even though I've disappointed Him so many times.
Father, I commit this new year ahead. Through all the struggles and obstacles, I pray that I will live by your grace and trust in your strength. Lead me in my ministry, guide me in my studies and may your name be glorified!!!
To all my friends: Thanks for being a blessing in my life. 22years wld have been so dull without your company. Every one of you have left your footsteps in my life, to which I look back, smile and give thanks for such a blessing.
To my dearest family: I am who I am today because of everything you have done. All the love, the care and the sacrifice...You are the greatest birthday gift the Lord has given me.
Just want to thank my Lord for 22 years of blessings. Indeed He has been faithful, guiding me all the way, never leaving me or forsaking me, even though I've disappointed Him so many times.
Father, I commit this new year ahead. Through all the struggles and obstacles, I pray that I will live by your grace and trust in your strength. Lead me in my ministry, guide me in my studies and may your name be glorified!!!
To all my friends: Thanks for being a blessing in my life. 22years wld have been so dull without your company. Every one of you have left your footsteps in my life, to which I look back, smile and give thanks for such a blessing.
To my dearest family: I am who I am today because of everything you have done. All the love, the care and the sacrifice...You are the greatest birthday gift the Lord has given me.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
I Love Singapore!!!
Just came home from NDP NE show 2...
It's the time of the year, where patriotism runs wild within me (not tat I don't love my country on other days), where I wish longingly that I cld be part of the NDP as a performer/motivator/army personal...I disrupted b4 National Day, so never got to realise my "dream" of being part of NDP
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" - President John F. Kennedy
I really want to do something for my country, to built up this nation towards greater heights...yet I wonder, what can I do for my country?
Shine for Christ...shine for Singapore!!!
Check out: http://www.ndp.org.sg/downloads/audio/audio.php
It's the time of the year, where patriotism runs wild within me (not tat I don't love my country on other days), where I wish longingly that I cld be part of the NDP as a performer/motivator/army personal...I disrupted b4 National Day, so never got to realise my "dream" of being part of NDP
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" - President John F. Kennedy
I really want to do something for my country, to built up this nation towards greater heights...yet I wonder, what can I do for my country?
Shine for Christ...shine for Singapore!!!
Check out: http://www.ndp.org.sg/downloads/audio/audio.php
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
A really stupid guy...
Guy: "Hey XXX, you have such a nice name"
+5...she smiles
Guy: "When I first saw your name on the board, I though you were a guy"
-10...she walks away
Darn!!! How stupid can one be!!!!
+5...she smiles
Guy: "When I first saw your name on the board, I though you were a guy"
-10...she walks away
Darn!!! How stupid can one be!!!!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Keep moving forward
Tots post movie "Meet the Robinsons" (complements of my great friend, 32)
Watching the movie has prompted my mind to wander into the future, to wat I wld be, what I wld do, what my family wld be, wat i wld like...Thinking thru, I'm captured by the hope that Lewis had to see his future.
I too have a hope of the future, a hope that is eternal and unchanging...yes, it is the hope in Jesus Christ, the hope that He has suffered, died, resurrected and will come again in great glory. The hope that He has came to restore the world to the harmony in the Garden of Eden.
But, that's not to say I can slack and do nothing. "The future is wat you want it to be, nothing is set in stone, you have make the right choices and keep moving forward" (quote future Lewis) and I totally agree. Though the future is beautiful, the journey is a long and tough one.
So now, I just have to carry my cross and walk with God and may His Spirit be my guide :)
Life is understood backwards but lived forward.
Watching the movie has prompted my mind to wander into the future, to wat I wld be, what I wld do, what my family wld be, wat i wld like...Thinking thru, I'm captured by the hope that Lewis had to see his future.
I too have a hope of the future, a hope that is eternal and unchanging...yes, it is the hope in Jesus Christ, the hope that He has suffered, died, resurrected and will come again in great glory. The hope that He has came to restore the world to the harmony in the Garden of Eden.
But, that's not to say I can slack and do nothing. "The future is wat you want it to be, nothing is set in stone, you have make the right choices and keep moving forward" (quote future Lewis) and I totally agree. Though the future is beautiful, the journey is a long and tough one.
So now, I just have to carry my cross and walk with God and may His Spirit be my guide :)
Thursday, July 3, 2008
In the making of Dr...
M4...
1 year has passed by so swifty. One year of struggling in the clinics, wading thru the murky waters of immense knowledge...Almost felt lost, helpless and at times useless...
But God has been faithful. He has been that beakon of light directing me thru the dense woods. Thou at times the light is dim, His warmth is always around and he speaks thru the gentle breeze...
M4.
Thank God for a great starting posting, for the excellent tutors who set things in the proper frame of things and for guidance and wisdom set my direction to approach the year:
1. Learn to classify things. Success in mugging comes from the ability to classify all the knowledge at the at of the day. I finally understand what "to see the big pic" means...
2. Be practical bout learning. It's time to start seeing myself as a HO and looking out for the practical things bout management rather than the juicy accademic info...eg how to approach from p/c, how to order fluid etc..."You don't see wat you do not find"...
Father Lord, I commit this year into your Hands.
1 year has passed by so swifty. One year of struggling in the clinics, wading thru the murky waters of immense knowledge...Almost felt lost, helpless and at times useless...
But God has been faithful. He has been that beakon of light directing me thru the dense woods. Thou at times the light is dim, His warmth is always around and he speaks thru the gentle breeze...
M4.
Thank God for a great starting posting, for the excellent tutors who set things in the proper frame of things and for guidance and wisdom set my direction to approach the year:
1. Learn to classify things. Success in mugging comes from the ability to classify all the knowledge at the at of the day. I finally understand what "to see the big pic" means...
2. Be practical bout learning. It's time to start seeing myself as a HO and looking out for the practical things bout management rather than the juicy accademic info...eg how to approach from p/c, how to order fluid etc..."You don't see wat you do not find"...
Father Lord, I commit this year into your Hands.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
I need to pray...
I'm beginning to realise that I really don't like to make decisions, esp when there are so many factors to consider...
and being a Christian doesn't make it any easier...cos I not only answer to the parties involved, I have to answer to God...
But God never meant to throw me at the deep end of the pool to drown...He is always there waiting to catch me...it's just many times, I forget His Hands and refuse His help...
I need to pray more...to catch His hands
Even the smallest prob is big in God's eyes...yet nothing is too big He can't handle.
Praise the Lord!!!
and being a Christian doesn't make it any easier...cos I not only answer to the parties involved, I have to answer to God...
But God never meant to throw me at the deep end of the pool to drown...He is always there waiting to catch me...it's just many times, I forget His Hands and refuse His help...
I need to pray more...to catch His hands
Even the smallest prob is big in God's eyes...yet nothing is too big He can't handle.
Praise the Lord!!!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Running is good...
Finally had the discipline to run...thanks to Jame's advice and encouragement...
Figured it out, that exercising is more than to look nice, but really to keep fit. Fit, both physically (so I won't fall sick easily) and mentally (to be more alert and concentrate better)...
Need to exercise regularly...
Figured it out, that exercising is more than to look nice, but really to keep fit. Fit, both physically (so I won't fall sick easily) and mentally (to be more alert and concentrate better)...
Need to exercise regularly...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Ode to my phone...
I'm really very sad...but thank God not devastated...but really sad...all my contacts, my msg, my memories...all gone!!!!
And such a lovely phone too...a phone so many have said it's very nice. The sleek flip with it's elegant black backdrop. A simple phone without the complex functions, but having everything a simple man like me needs. I rely on it's alarm, depend on it's calculator, communicate thru it's phones n SMSs...
I've not only lost a phone, but a companion...One who has shared in my tears and sweat, who has always been so close to my side...
My dear Samsung phone...I'll miss you so...May you cont'd to be a blessing to whoever holds you as you have been to me...
And such a lovely phone too...a phone so many have said it's very nice. The sleek flip with it's elegant black backdrop. A simple phone without the complex functions, but having everything a simple man like me needs. I rely on it's alarm, depend on it's calculator, communicate thru it's phones n SMSs...
I've not only lost a phone, but a companion...One who has shared in my tears and sweat, who has always been so close to my side...
My dear Samsung phone...I'll miss you so...May you cont'd to be a blessing to whoever holds you as you have been to me...
Monday, June 23, 2008
Of lonely nights and whrilpool minds...
Man...I'm so confused inside...
I tot **** forgotten me. But reading the blog, I realised **** hasn't...but still misses me...
Me? I...erm..haven't forgotten us either. I've been telling everyone that **** has been a close to perfect match to my criteria, yet...at least now...I'm not ready to go into a r/s...
Why? I guess it's really not the time. My mind is only fixed upon VCF and studies this year and thinking of a r/s makes me feel stressed. Yet, how beautiful sld it be to have someone to support me all the way thru this tough times...But I'm just not ready, I'm not prepared...I fear history repeating itself, where I felt so artificial being with **** that it becomes a stress...I know I'm selfish, but this is no joking matter and definitely no time to act hero (and sacrifice my feelings for responsibility)... such a conflict...I hate conflicts!!!!
It's 18 days and counting...Father Lord, what sld I do that wld glorify you?
May I learn to speak love in truth.
I tot **** forgotten me. But reading the blog, I realised **** hasn't...but still misses me...
Me? I...erm..haven't forgotten us either. I've been telling everyone that **** has been a close to perfect match to my criteria, yet...at least now...I'm not ready to go into a r/s...
Why? I guess it's really not the time. My mind is only fixed upon VCF and studies this year and thinking of a r/s makes me feel stressed. Yet, how beautiful sld it be to have someone to support me all the way thru this tough times...But I'm just not ready, I'm not prepared...I fear history repeating itself, where I felt so artificial being with **** that it becomes a stress...I know I'm selfish, but this is no joking matter and definitely no time to act hero (and sacrifice my feelings for responsibility)... such a conflict...I hate conflicts!!!!
It's 18 days and counting...Father Lord, what sld I do that wld glorify you?
May I learn to speak love in truth.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Tots from Job
Just started reading the book of Job, covered till chapter 14.
The more I read of Job, the more amazed I am of his faith in God and trust in Him. Even when he was afflicted with such terrible plight (lost all his children and property in a night, plus was cursed with a terrible skin disease), he never turn to curse God or blame Him for his sufferings. Yet, he was always praising God!!!!
[after knowing all his children had died and his property lost] Job got us and tore his robe and shaved his head, Then he fell to the ground in worship and said
"Naked I came from my mother's womb,
and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised." --- Job 1:20-21
Just imagine that!!! It is always a natural tendency to want to blame God for everything bad that has befallen on us. It's so easy to say that "God hates me" thus he sent down curses instead of blessings, take us thru the road of suffering instead of joy, gives us affliction instead of affirmation...BUT NO!!! God is a God of love (John 3:16 "For God so loved the world...") and he definitely does not despise us (Genesis 1:31 "God saw all that he had made, and it was VERY good"). I pray that I will rmb these and praise God even in times of sufferings.
Well, Job's friends oso gave me some tot about myself. Job's friends truly cared for Job (hey, they mourned with him in silence for 7 days [Job2:11-13]), yet their words of comfort became words of pain. They were constantly telling Job that his sufferings are due to his sins and that he should quickly repent and seek God's forgiveness. But Job was a righteous man! How often have I been judging my friends instead of offering comfort. While the bible says "If your brother sins, rebuke him" (Luke 17:3), it also calls us to "speak truth in love" (Eph 4:15). O Lord, give me wisdom in speaking with my friends, to offer comfort and direction.
The more I read of Job, the more amazed I am of his faith in God and trust in Him. Even when he was afflicted with such terrible plight (lost all his children and property in a night, plus was cursed with a terrible skin disease), he never turn to curse God or blame Him for his sufferings. Yet, he was always praising God!!!!
[after knowing all his children had died and his property lost] Job got us and tore his robe and shaved his head, Then he fell to the ground in worship and said
"Naked I came from my mother's womb,
and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised." --- Job 1:20-21
Just imagine that!!! It is always a natural tendency to want to blame God for everything bad that has befallen on us. It's so easy to say that "God hates me" thus he sent down curses instead of blessings, take us thru the road of suffering instead of joy, gives us affliction instead of affirmation...BUT NO!!! God is a God of love (John 3:16 "For God so loved the world...") and he definitely does not despise us (Genesis 1:31 "God saw all that he had made, and it was VERY good"). I pray that I will rmb these and praise God even in times of sufferings.
Well, Job's friends oso gave me some tot about myself. Job's friends truly cared for Job (hey, they mourned with him in silence for 7 days [Job2:11-13]), yet their words of comfort became words of pain. They were constantly telling Job that his sufferings are due to his sins and that he should quickly repent and seek God's forgiveness. But Job was a righteous man! How often have I been judging my friends instead of offering comfort. While the bible says "If your brother sins, rebuke him" (Luke 17:3), it also calls us to "speak truth in love" (Eph 4:15). O Lord, give me wisdom in speaking with my friends, to offer comfort and direction.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Journey from Ponggol to Koven
I just walked from Ponggol to Koven...yes, WALKED!!! In the middle of the night for nearly 4h...
Crazy?!?!
Yeah, I think so...especially when one is in jeans and carrying 2 bags of year 2 notes.
But ah well, it's the holidays and it's not everyday one can oversleep on the last train, get lost in the wilderness of uncivilised Punggol and walk with only gut feelings as guide...
Ya, I can be crazy some times :P
Crazy?!?!
Yeah, I think so...especially when one is in jeans and carrying 2 bags of year 2 notes.
But ah well, it's the holidays and it's not everyday one can oversleep on the last train, get lost in the wilderness of uncivilised Punggol and walk with only gut feelings as guide...
Ya, I can be crazy some times :P
Saturday, June 7, 2008
National worship leader competition?!?!
This ridiculous tot just came to mind...
I pray that no fool will ever come up wif such a competition for worship is meant to be directed towards God and not to ourself...
I pray that no fool will ever come up wif such a competition for worship is meant to be directed towards God and not to ourself...
Friday, June 6, 2008
R&R
Woke up prematurely at 4am this morning after some weird nightmare....
Took a shower (yes, disgusting me didn't shower b4 sleeping...too tired lar)
Went to pray...realised tat I haven't been spending alot of time praying...started of with the regular nicely nicely phrased prayer...but then suddenly finding myself being so artificial. God is not a god who hears only the nice word, but He wants to hear our sincere prayer...and I just spoke my mind....
So many things to pray, friends, family, ministry, studies, walk with Him...All in the rojak style (like how i wld present my history...). It was really fun and refreshing...No wonder God calls us to spend quiet time with Him (even Jesus woke up in the early mornings to pray)...it really restores my soul.
Christelle reminded me of the need for a personal retreat, SK reminded me that I've been too busy n sld really spend time to rest, Linus reminded me of the need to pray...I guess I really need to spend time with God in a personal retreat...
R&R = rest and retreat...Have you spent yours?
Took a shower (yes, disgusting me didn't shower b4 sleeping...too tired lar)
Went to pray...realised tat I haven't been spending alot of time praying...started of with the regular nicely nicely phrased prayer...but then suddenly finding myself being so artificial. God is not a god who hears only the nice word, but He wants to hear our sincere prayer...and I just spoke my mind....
So many things to pray, friends, family, ministry, studies, walk with Him...All in the rojak style (like how i wld present my history...). It was really fun and refreshing...No wonder God calls us to spend quiet time with Him (even Jesus woke up in the early mornings to pray)...it really restores my soul.
Christelle reminded me of the need for a personal retreat, SK reminded me that I've been too busy n sld really spend time to rest, Linus reminded me of the need to pray...I guess I really need to spend time with God in a personal retreat...
R&R = rest and retreat...Have you spent yours?
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
A simply lovely show...how I wish some magic exsisted in this world so that I might have the fleeting chance of living in such a beautiful fairy-tale land..."Emo-ing" with the show...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
No full stop, just a comma...
It seems so long ago...
We have moved on a great deal since then...
Guess we have both grown older, maybe a little wiser...
I tot that we made a nice full stop then...
But no...I realised that I haven't forgotten you...
and i guess you haven't forgotten me either :)
O Lord, please grant me (us) wisdom to know how to face each other again.
We have moved on a great deal since then...
Guess we have both grown older, maybe a little wiser...
I tot that we made a nice full stop then...
But no...I realised that I haven't forgotten you...
and i guess you haven't forgotten me either :)
O Lord, please grant me (us) wisdom to know how to face each other again.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Prodigal friend
Dear friend,
I'm so glad you are out of the woods...Welcome back!!!!!
Though it has been a journey of doubt, worrying and uncertainty, we have learnt much thru it...of ourselves and of each other...The road ahead may not be any easier, but least we know we have each other...for support and encouragement...
On my part, forgive me for my frquent ignorance...I too need to learn how to relate to people and be humble to care for others more...Feel free to slap me on my back sld I do sth wrong :P
I can' wait for us to step into the wards again...
I'm so glad you are out of the woods...Welcome back!!!!!
Though it has been a journey of doubt, worrying and uncertainty, we have learnt much thru it...of ourselves and of each other...The road ahead may not be any easier, but least we know we have each other...for support and encouragement...
On my part, forgive me for my frquent ignorance...I too need to learn how to relate to people and be humble to care for others more...Feel free to slap me on my back sld I do sth wrong :P
I can' wait for us to step into the wards again...
Monday, June 2, 2008
Team work...
An answered prayer...
Unknowingly, God has been teaching me what it means to work with people. Have been praying bout my CG, praying for my subcom and how I sld be working with them...
Just as I was walking home from CBS, it came to me that I can tend to be very individualistic when it comes to work and thus arise many struggles about teamwork.
Teamwork is:
- not about doing everything yourself, even if the end result may seem better in your eyes.
- not about telling others "It's ok, you can go for holiday, I can handle everything", but trying to accomodate each others schedule, learning to respect each other and working thru such constrains.
- It's bout working together, together as a whole. Not just one makes the decision and say it's by everyone but really getting everyone involved, thou often then not, it can be a painful process.
- about painful sacrifice...sacrifice of pride, of the need to get things done (your way), of time and energy trying to work things out.
- a decision.
- essentially, it is about God!!!
Unknowingly, God has been teaching me what it means to work with people. Have been praying bout my CG, praying for my subcom and how I sld be working with them...
Just as I was walking home from CBS, it came to me that I can tend to be very individualistic when it comes to work and thus arise many struggles about teamwork.
Teamwork is:
- not about doing everything yourself, even if the end result may seem better in your eyes.
- not about telling others "It's ok, you can go for holiday, I can handle everything", but trying to accomodate each others schedule, learning to respect each other and working thru such constrains.
- It's bout working together, together as a whole. Not just one makes the decision and say it's by everyone but really getting everyone involved, thou often then not, it can be a painful process.
- about painful sacrifice...sacrifice of pride, of the need to get things done (your way), of time and energy trying to work things out.
- a decision.
- essentially, it is about God!!!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
A humble reminder...
Our mistake is that we want God to send revival on our terms. We want to get the power of God into our hands, to call it to us that it may work for us in promoting and furthering our kind of Christianity. We want still to be in charge, guiding the chariot through the religious sky in the direction we want it to go, shouting "Glory to God," but modestly accepting a share of the glory for ourselves in a nice inoffensive sort of way. We are calling on God to send fire on our altars, completely ignoring the fact that they are OUR altars and not God's...
A. W. Tozer
A. W. Tozer
I'm all out of love...?
LOVE, a word that means so much, a word that carries so much weight, a word that calls for sacrifice that can often be so painful...
I'm beginning to realise that it's so hard to love.
I don't mean the BGR kind of love (yes that too is very difficult), but I refer to the common day loving...of friends, family and for me, my patients...
Was shopping for a gift for my parents' 23 anniversary and realised how much I didn't know them...was walking ard aimlessly, racking my brains for a gd and practical gift...but the more I realise how much a failure I was...That night, I had a long talk with my bro, n realised too how much I've neglected my siblings...
To my friends, they have all been such a blessing to me and I wish to love them as much. But there are often so much to give and honestly, sometimes I feel quite drained doing so. So many to care, so many to be concerned for...Even listenning can be tiring. Yet, I still love them...I still want to be part of their lives, to seek to share the joy that the Lord has blessed me with...
And not forgetting the many others I interact with everyday eg patients, tutors, shop keepers, bus drivers, neighbours...
There is so many to love!!! Yet there is only 1 me, an ordinary man with limited resources....真的是力不从心!!
"For God so LOVED the world that He gave His one and only son [to die for the world] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" John 3:16 --> haha, even God had to sacrifice so much to love us. And what's more, He loved the WORLD!!!! Every single human being on earth...
Man, am I glad we have such a loving Heavenly Father who never runs out of love. I am humbled and reminded that I love not out of wat I have, but out of the overflowing love that God has for me. While my personal love bank is running low, God fills me so that I can love...
A friend asked why I can smile all the time...I guess the simple answer is that I'm overflowing with God's love :)
I'm beginning to realise that it's so hard to love.
I don't mean the BGR kind of love (yes that too is very difficult), but I refer to the common day loving...of friends, family and for me, my patients...
Was shopping for a gift for my parents' 23 anniversary and realised how much I didn't know them...was walking ard aimlessly, racking my brains for a gd and practical gift...but the more I realise how much a failure I was...That night, I had a long talk with my bro, n realised too how much I've neglected my siblings...
To my friends, they have all been such a blessing to me and I wish to love them as much. But there are often so much to give and honestly, sometimes I feel quite drained doing so. So many to care, so many to be concerned for...Even listenning can be tiring. Yet, I still love them...I still want to be part of their lives, to seek to share the joy that the Lord has blessed me with...
And not forgetting the many others I interact with everyday eg patients, tutors, shop keepers, bus drivers, neighbours...
There is so many to love!!! Yet there is only 1 me, an ordinary man with limited resources....真的是力不从心!!
"For God so LOVED the world that He gave His one and only son [to die for the world] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" John 3:16 --> haha, even God had to sacrifice so much to love us. And what's more, He loved the WORLD!!!! Every single human being on earth...
Man, am I glad we have such a loving Heavenly Father who never runs out of love. I am humbled and reminded that I love not out of wat I have, but out of the overflowing love that God has for me. While my personal love bank is running low, God fills me so that I can love...
A friend asked why I can smile all the time...I guess the simple answer is that I'm overflowing with God's love :)
Friday, May 23, 2008
Singapore owns Pedra Branca!!!
Hoooray!!!!! After 28 years of dispute, WE HAVE WON!!!! 3 Cheers to the magnificent team working so hard at The Hague, Way to go!!!!
Haha, today has been a day of unexpected good news:
1. My examinor for OSCE is the lovely Prof Aymeric Lim...and it's on Wed :) but must not be complacent...
2. Jon got into medicine. It was a surprise. Just after I msg him, and he replied not having receive any letter from Dean's office. I replied (tat if God closes one door, He will surely open another, so have faith), and prayed, and he suddenly called to say he's been accepted!!!! How cool!!! God really works in ways we cannot see!!!
Haha, today has been a day of unexpected good news:
1. My examinor for OSCE is the lovely Prof Aymeric Lim...and it's on Wed :) but must not be complacent...
2. Jon got into medicine. It was a surprise. Just after I msg him, and he replied not having receive any letter from Dean's office. I replied (tat if God closes one door, He will surely open another, so have faith), and prayed, and he suddenly called to say he's been accepted!!!! How cool!!! God really works in ways we cannot see!!!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
When one becomes ortho...
I reacll one tutor telling us that most docs will die of their own speciality eg cardiologist of MI, oncologist of cancer, OnG of...erm...getting beaten by wife :P
Anyway, I'm now doing ortho and guess what, I just became an ortho patient!!! Was doing some exercise and there was this acute pain along my left deltoid. Pain was localised there n was progressively worsening. Aggrevated by movement n relieved on rest. P/E: tenderness along greater tuberosity, limited external rotation due to the pain...I think I injured my teres minor or infraspintus tendon, resulting in tendinitis...
Haha, now my both shoulders got pathology...$1/min for all who want to examine me :P
OUCH!!!! how to go wards like tat :(
Anyway, I'm now doing ortho and guess what, I just became an ortho patient!!! Was doing some exercise and there was this acute pain along my left deltoid. Pain was localised there n was progressively worsening. Aggrevated by movement n relieved on rest. P/E: tenderness along greater tuberosity, limited external rotation due to the pain...I think I injured my teres minor or infraspintus tendon, resulting in tendinitis...
Haha, now my both shoulders got pathology...$1/min for all who want to examine me :P
OUCH!!!! how to go wards like tat :(
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Oxymorons
Learning alot of oxymoron these days...some having such deep meaning:
"Free is an expansive word"
given when I was asking a friend "when wld you be free?". My personal take: saying that we are free implies (1) we are wasting time, thus it being expansive (2) offering that we are able to take on a role/job/work, hence implying sacrificing other areas (think opportunity cost), which may be expansive...Guess my friend meant the latter.
"God's silence is loud"
Forgot where i heard it from, but I've personally experienced this. Dark moments when God seem to be so distant, so far from the pain I'm going thru...these were terrible and painful moments. Yet they were times i cry out to Him from the depth and cling onto Him.
Other less meaningful thou interesting eg "army intelligence"...and many i can't rmb...(i quote my friend who quotes his tutor)
"Free is an expansive word"
given when I was asking a friend "when wld you be free?". My personal take: saying that we are free implies (1) we are wasting time, thus it being expansive (2) offering that we are able to take on a role/job/work, hence implying sacrificing other areas (think opportunity cost), which may be expansive...Guess my friend meant the latter.
"God's silence is loud"
Forgot where i heard it from, but I've personally experienced this. Dark moments when God seem to be so distant, so far from the pain I'm going thru...these were terrible and painful moments. Yet they were times i cry out to Him from the depth and cling onto Him.
Other less meaningful thou interesting eg "army intelligence"...and many i can't rmb...(i quote my friend who quotes his tutor)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Dear friend...
My dear friend,
You have been silent too long. I hope I'm wrong, but you seem to be avoiding the whole world...avoiding us...
Maybe this is the way you cope with stress and failure...
But you are getting people around you worried...At least I am...
Ok, maybe I'm being selfish...
But I really hope you would return to the bubbly you, the joyful you...
My dear friend, we are here!!!!
You have been silent too long. I hope I'm wrong, but you seem to be avoiding the whole world...avoiding us...
Maybe this is the way you cope with stress and failure...
But you are getting people around you worried...At least I am...
Ok, maybe I'm being selfish...
But I really hope you would return to the bubbly you, the joyful you...
My dear friend, we are here!!!!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Life is a journey measured in friends and not miles
I thank God for the many friends He has blessed me with...and I pray that I would become a blessing to them as well...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Watching in silence
It is a strange and unpleasent feeling knowing what one goes thru yet not able to express it openly...
Dear Friend,
I've seen you suffer in silence, tormented by the tots that plague your mind...
I yearn so much to be a listenning ear, to share your burdens, to encourage you...To tell you that God loves you and you just have to run to him...
Yet, wat am I to? I can't tell you what I-think-you're-thinking...it's such a complicated matter. I don't know the words to say or what to do...
And all I can do is to pray for you from afar...
Dear Friend,
I've seen you suffer in silence, tormented by the tots that plague your mind...
I yearn so much to be a listenning ear, to share your burdens, to encourage you...To tell you that God loves you and you just have to run to him...
Yet, wat am I to? I can't tell you what I-think-you're-thinking...it's such a complicated matter. I don't know the words to say or what to do...
And all I can do is to pray for you from afar...
who says ortho is brainless...
After spending hours discussing simple test, who can say ortho is brainless.
Watch the videos and be mesmerised. These ppl are sleek!!! May our OSCE be as zhai as them :P
McMurray test
Anyway, i think the books are wrong:
Med meniscus = varus force (ie push outwards) and external rotate (ie turn outwards)
Lat Meniscus = valgus force (ie push inwards) and internal rotate (ie turn inwards)
Aim: is to get the meniscus crushed by the tibia n femur.
(+) --> click is felt or pain elicited
FABER test vs Patrick's test
? if different. many websites say different things
eg. Wiki says FABER test (Flexion Abduction External Rotation) is a test for evidence of hip arthritis but Patrick's test is for sacroiliitis. Other sites below say they are the same, see:
- http://physicaltherapy.about.com/od/orthopedicsandpt/ss/LEspecialtests_2.htm
- http://www.med.ufl.edu/rheum/rheumTests.htm#patrick
I think they are the same test but each looking out for different pathology. Any opinions?
Patrick's test: see http://courses.washington.edu/hubio553/glossary/patrick.html
Watch the videos and be mesmerised. These ppl are sleek!!! May our OSCE be as zhai as them :P
McMurray test
Anyway, i think the books are wrong:
Med meniscus = varus force (ie push outwards) and external rotate (ie turn outwards)
Lat Meniscus = valgus force (ie push inwards) and internal rotate (ie turn inwards)
Aim: is to get the meniscus crushed by the tibia n femur.
(+) --> click is felt or pain elicited
FABER test vs Patrick's test
? if different. many websites say different things
eg. Wiki says FABER test (Flexion Abduction External Rotation) is a test for evidence of hip arthritis but Patrick's test is for sacroiliitis. Other sites below say they are the same, see:
- http://physicaltherapy.about.com/od/orthopedicsandpt/ss/LEspecialtests_2.htm
- http://www.med.ufl.edu/rheum/rheumTests.htm#patrick
I think they are the same test but each looking out for different pathology. Any opinions?
Patrick's test: see http://courses.washington.edu/hubio553/glossary/patrick.html
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Up close and personal
Medicine is really the place to build friendships...we get up close and personal each day...sometimes even getting a little touchy...
i mean literally :)
i mean literally :)
Monday, May 5, 2008
Of evolutionist and creationist
A curious lecturer was asking who were evolutionist and creationist.
Then he selected an evolutionist and asked him "would you have created the hand in this way (refereing to the rays of the digits pointing to the scaphoid tubercle)?"
I found it amusing for the evolutionist to say "Yes". How can an evolutionist agree to creation?
I am a creationist.
Then he selected an evolutionist and asked him "would you have created the hand in this way (refereing to the rays of the digits pointing to the scaphoid tubercle)?"
I found it amusing for the evolutionist to say "Yes". How can an evolutionist agree to creation?
I am a creationist.
subPensive
Inspired by a dear friend...here comes subPensive, a platform for me to share my tots with you nosy ppl out there :P Have fun!!! Do drop me a tag once or twice so I know you exist...
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