My Story

Expenses For Elective Posting

LWJ — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:13:30 +0000

Air ticket:

1. Emirates

SG-Birmingham & Rome-SG (Price: SGD 1231.10)

2. FLyBe

Birmingham- Edinburgh (Price: GBP 51)

Will be updated from time to time..

Medical Elective Posting (Update 9)

LWJ — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:37:31 +0000

Application for medical elective in University of Edinburgh was sent on 21.5.2010 9.38pm..

I expect 4-8 weeks for the reply from them.. hopefully can get la.. Don’t wish to redo all over again :P

They will be 4 of us applying together for

Colorectal Surgery
Transplant Surgery
Paediatrics

Update 1:

Got the reply!! So fast! But…

Dear Wei Juan

Unfortunately, I will be unable to place you all in the same department as most departments only accommodate 1 student at a time.

I have allocated the following specialities to each of the following students:

Wei Juan Lim: Colorectal Surgery, Western General Hospital
Lee Cil Eilk: Transplant Surgery, the Royal Infirmary

Availability in other departments at that time is as follows:

Anaesthetics, The Royal Infirmary
Diabetes & Endocrinology, The Royal Infirmary
Gastroenterogy, The Royal Infirmary
Medicine for the Elderly, Royal Victoria Hospital
Haematoogy, Western General Hospital
Intensive Care Unit, The Royal Infirmary
Oncology, Western General Hospital
Pathollogy, The Royal Infirmary
Medical Radiology, The Royal Infirmary (2 places)
Medical Radiology, Western General Hospital
Rehabilitation Studies, Astley Ainslie Hosital
Renal Medicine, The Royal Infirmary

Please let me know if any of the above will be suitable.

Best wishes

XXX

OMG!! All four of us will be in different departments!!! AND hospital!!!

Update 2:

Dear Jennifer

I have now received confirmation from Renal Medicine. I will send you a formal offer letter today.

Best wishes

Wow, so fast confirmed already!!

Now waiting for my confirmation..

Update 3: Another girl got the confirmation.. now left the guys only :(

Update 4: Now i’m the only one not confirmed yet.. :(

Update 5:

Dear Wei Juan

I received confirmation of your attachment with Gastroenterology today. I will send you a formal offer lettertoday.

Best wishes

Finally! Can start the part 2 of application after the Psychiatry EOP!

Update 6: Sent the application for letter of good conduct.

Update 7: Got my offer letter through email since the hard copy cannot reach my house due to wrong address by Edinburgh staff.. my supervisor is Prof Hayes!

Update 8: Just received my acceptance letter from University of Edinburgh which contain 10 pages of information!

Update 9: Just booked Emirates ticket from SG-Birmingham, Rome-SG for SGD1231.. Now wait to book for Birmingham-Edinburgh then hotel at Birmingham airport..

Emirates

LWJ — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:15:07 +0000

After checking, calculating and discussing for few weeks, finally tomorrow will be the day to buy our air tickets to Edinburgh for my elective research..

At first we thought of AirAia, MAS, KLM..

Then Emirates, Qatar, Singapore Airlines came into the picture..

At first thought of KL-Edinburgh but somehow the idea of SG-Edinburgh came in later on which proved to be cheaper.. Dunno why also

KL-Edinburgh Emirates cost around Rm4000

SG-Edinburgh Emirates cost around Rm3200

How come diff so much?

So i finally decided to book Emirates from SG-Birmingham then Birmingham to Edinburgh by FlyBe since Emirates don’t fly to Edinburgh..

Hope this time the in-flight services and entertainment won’t disappoint me!

Most important is the travelers.. Please don’t dig your nose or cut your toe nails as happened in AirAsia.. LOL

Oh ya, not to forget, don’t act like an idiot shouting here and there while taking off and landing.. haha

Funny In-flight Announcements

LWJ — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:48:55 +0000

On a Kulula flight, (there is no assigned seating, you sit where you want) passengers were apparently having a hard time choosing, when a flight attendant announced, “People, people we’re not picking out furniture here, find a seat and get in it!”

—o0o—

On another flight with a very “senior” flight attendant crew, the pilot said, “Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants.”

—-o0o—

On landing, the stewardess said, “Please be sure to take all of your belongings. If you’re going to leave anything, please make sure it’s something we’d like to have.”

—o0o—

“Thank you for flying Kulula. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride.”

—o0o—

From a Kulula employee: ” Welcome aboard Kulula 271 to Port Elizabeth .

To operate your seat belt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seat belt; and, if you don’t know how to operate one, you probably shouldn’t be out in public unsupervised.”

—o0o—

“In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child travelling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are travelling with more than one small child, pick your favourite.”

—o0o—

Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but we’ll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than Kulula Airlines.”

—-o0o—

“Your seats cushions can be used for flotation; and in the event of an emergency water landing, please paddle to shore and take them with our compliments.”

—o0o—

“As you exit the plane, make sure to gather all of your belongings.

Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses..”

—o0o—

And from the pilot during his welcome message: “Kulula Airlines is pleased to announce that we have some of the best flight attendants in the industry. Unfortunately, none of them are on this flight!”

—o0o—

On Kulula flight 255 just after a very hard landing in Cape Town, the flight attendant came on the intercom and said, “That was quite a bump and I know what y’all are thinking. I’m here to tell you it wasn’t the airline’s fault, it wasn’t the pilot’s fault, it wasn’t the flight attendant’s fault. It was the asphalt.”

—o0o—

An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a “Thanks for flying our airline.” He said that, in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment.

Finally everyone had gotten off except for a little old lady walking with a cane. She said, “Sir, do you mind if I ask you a question?”

“Why, no Ma’am,” said the pilot. “What is it?” The little old lady said, “Did we land, or were we shot down?”

—o0o—

After a real crusher of a landing in Johannesburg , the attendant came on with, “Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Captain Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning bells are silenced, we will open the door and you can pick your way through the wreckage to the terminal..”

—o0o—

Part of a flight attendant’s arrival announcement: ”We’d like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you’ll think of Kulula Airways.”

—o0o—

Heard on a Kulula flight: ”Ladies and gentlemen, if you wish to smoke, the smoking section on this airplane is on the wing. If you can light ‘em, you can smoke ‘em.”

Shortcut to iPod

LWJ — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:00:00 +0000

After using my iPhone for more than 1 year, now only i realized that by double clicking the home button while playing songs using iPod, i can actually bring up the iPod Control panel..

Lol

The Things Lawyers say

LWJ — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:10:34 +0000

A recent courtroom drama in the midst of an ongoing inquest reports what one lawyer as having this exchange with a famous Thai Pathologist

” Razak puts it to Pornthip that Teoh strangled himself. He says that the other four doctors had found no such evidence of strangulation.”
~ I guess only lawyers can conclude someone can strangle himself to death (or render himself unconscious then throw himself out of the window).

“Razak: From Level 14 – 99 feet above ground – he was unconscious, so his body would be heavier.
Pornthip: No difference. Scientifically how could there be weight-loss according to consciousness?”
~ exactly. I guess physics is not part of legal training.

“Razak also asks if she has experience jumping off a building as she has testified that the body was found further from the building than in the usual case of suicide by jumping.”
~ no I don’t think Dr. Pornthip would be in the courtroom today if she had experience jumping off a building

“Razak notes that she is not qualified as a forensic expert in Malaysia as the university from which she graduated is not recognised in Malaysia. Pornthip replies that the university is one of the top five in Asia – some in the public gallery applaud.”
~ Mahidol University is ranked amongst the top 50 Universities in the Asia according to this site – none of the Malaysian Universities are in the top 50.

“Glaringly, the lawyer quizzed Pornthip on why she said Teoh was dead when he fell off Level 14, (where the MACC office is located in Plaza Masalam) but alive when he hit the landing on Level 5.
“I accept that he was alive. I never said that he was dead,” said Pornthip who has offered her services on a pro bono basis.
Visibly amused, the coroner stepped in to clarify that issue was whether Teoh was conscious or otherwise, not if he was dead or alive. This was to no avail as Abdul Razak remained bewildered.”
~ It must be difficult for the brain-dead to distinguish between unconscious and dead.

“Pornthip: I’m questioning whether you are a lawyer.”
~ touché.

And to make your day, here are some other real courtroom lawyer gaffs:

Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

Lawyer: “Now, you have investigated other murders, have you not, where there was a victim?”

Lawyer: “Now, doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes quietly away and doesn’t know anything about it until the next morning?”

Lawyer: “And what did he do then?”
Witness: “He came home, and next morning he was dead.”
Lawyer: “So when he woke up the next morning he was dead?”

Lawyer: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
Witness: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Lawyer: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
Witness: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.

Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
A: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.

Some Funny Photos

LWJ — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:52:49 +0000

LOL

Hi, nice to meet u..

WTH?

Most dangerous place in the earth!

Tayar Poncet

LWJ — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:23:53 +0000

Today my car’s right posterior tyre poncet out of sudden while driving on the way to Fac.. After crossing a “bump”, i heard boom.. then bot bot bot bot…

I knew it! I have the feelings that one of my tyre kena already!

I drove to the next petrol station and went to check.. Filled up my spare tire’s air as well..

It;s totally flat! So wanna change it after my lecture which will start in 15mins..

After that went to find my spanar.. Could not find it.. Walao..

Asked my friend and she did not have it either.. Walao..

Have to go to the tayar shop opposite faculty to ask the ppl to come and change..

Finally got it done and drove my car there to get my tayar fixed..

Charged Rm10 for both “outdoor service & glueing the tayar back”

What a day!

Operator dependent

LWJ — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:01:01 +0000

This is true when comes to lots of stuff..

In medicine, when using ultrasound, it’s operator dependent.. It’s either u know what u’re looking at or u are just playing around with the probe..

In photography, it’s operator dependent as well.. Lots ppl think that by using DSLR, they can shoot very nice professional photos.. Please la, if u don’t know anything just like me, give u Nikon D90 also just like a Rm400 Casio camera..

In gadget world, also same.. Give an auntie iPhone 4G she will use it for sms and calling only.. or worse, keep on complaining typing wrong message.. coz old liao then hand tremer.. cannot touch the correct key.. lol

For Lamborghini, also same.. For a professional driver like me, i will make sure my Lambo will be like this forever..

For a newbie who just got his license, the car will be like this.. still repairable la..

For Malaysia’s Mat Rempit, now they upgrade liao.. they race car liao not motor already.. Their car will be slightly different la when knocked..

Left tayar only lo!

Sorry ah..

LWJ — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:21:13 +0000

Sorry ah uncle..

This is the phrase that i used lots lots times in the ward when i examine the patient..

We were so “polite” to ask the patient whether has any pain before we touched them.. They hoped that by telling us there was pain and we would not touch them anymore..

But they were wrong!

We would tell them.. Pak cik, sakit ke? Tahan sikit ya.. sekejap je nanti tidak sakit lagi.. LOL..

Whether u’re in pain or not, we’re going to examine u..

That’s a fact when u’re in government hospital.. So if u’re not keen to be examined, u have 2 choices..

1. Go private..

2. Scold us gao gao when u feel pain when we examine u

And yeah, i saw ppl kena be4.. luckily not me..

Celaka la, sakit betul!