My thoughts on something

Education

nobody@vox.com(dragonfly) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:21:44 -0700

I just wonder how are students being taught in the interior schools. I interviewed a 17 year old girl, a patient from a district, in the clinic. She is supposed to take her SPM examinations this year. Me : Bila ambil SPM? Her : Tak ambil dah. He...

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Courtesy and manners

nobody@vox.com(dragonfly) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:01:00 -0700

Does common courtesy and manners still matter today? Or have they given way in this "dog eat dog" world. Yeah, using vulgar language and signs are entertaining. It captures the attention and perhaps achieve the objective more clearly and faster. S...

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Another year, another batch

nobody@vox.com(dragonfly) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:28:21 -0700

Recently another batch of medical students came for their clinical teaching in the hospital. I had the privilege of giving my 2 cents worth of bedside clinical teaching. There was a mixed composition of the students with regards to ethnicity and s...

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Poverty

nobody@vox.com(dragonfly) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:38:39 -0700

Rice, is something we may have taken for granted. In the era of MacDonalds, steakhouses, Japanese cuisine and fine dining, rice is something regarded as cheap food. It is not surprising to see people in buffets ignoring the rice and target the "ex...

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A taste of luxury

nobody@vox.com(dragonfly) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:57:09 -0700

I was sponsored for a weekend talk held in a luxury hotel :) There has been on and off debates whether this is an unethical practice. In fact there has been an explicit circular from the director which barred doctors from accepting any form of spo...

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Again...

nobody@vox.com(dragonfly) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:22:04 -0700

Yeah, I get these bouts of reflections quite often. Thinking whether the career path that I've chosen is the correct path. Whether I'm still passionate in this field any longer. Honestly I don't know. I cannot fathom how can some doctors in publ...

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Competition

nobody@vox.com(dragonfly) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:47:32 -0700

In the mist of the frantic rat race, where the survival of the fittest prevails, I would often stop to ponder what is the meaning of life. Not because I cannot compete and win. I've been there, I've done that, since school days. Does winning the r...

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Times have changed

nobody@vox.com(dragonfly) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:28:33 -0700

Is it still rewarding to be a doctor? Does it still bring personal satisfaction? Is being a doctor still regarded as a noble profession? How does the community regard the medical profession nowadays? (We all know about the monetary satisfaction p...

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"Adjustments"

nobody@vox.com(dragonfly) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:37:04 -0700

Kakakah. This is a funny statement. Here "The country's poverty rate will increase from 3.7 per cent to 24.3 per cent if the poverty line is raised from the current RM800 to RM1,500 per household" Why don't we just adjust the poverty line to RM1...

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Dazed

nobody@vox.com(dragonfly) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:22:04 -0700

Sometimes you get the feeling that nobody really sits down to formulate at least a semi-permanent solution for our petrol price woes. Firstly it was no selling to foreign registered cars within 50km of the border. ( Was Sabah/Sarawak considered?...

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