Archive for June, 2007

Rated Blog

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

It is official! This blog is not safe for reading by children without parental guidance.

What's My Blog Rated?

After reading the post by pilocarpine, I decided to get my blog rated. Well…. apparently there are too many "ass" on this site, leading to a PG rating.

看图猜成语

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Guess a chinese idiom by using the clues in this photo. The chinese writting in the photo carry the meaning of 3 less 1, ie someone/something is missing.

For answer click here
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For the historic origin of this idiom, click here.

This photo was taken in summer 2007, in a wetland park near Mona Vale, Sydney. The bird in this photo is a Noisy Miner, Manorina Melanocephala, very common in NSW.

The insect is a cicada.

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Smart Chinese Ass

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

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Hehe… I always wonder how people end
up visiting my blog page… It is more interesting to find out that I
am actually a Smart Chinese Ass….

Try searching “Smart Chinese Ass
on yahoo… My page is actually came number 6 :)

What does it say about me?

Few small steps…

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

I have been in Oz land
for past 10 months. It is still difficult to see if I have make the
right choice by leaving UK, not that I have a choice to stay back in
UK.

Since arriving in Oz, I
have make some small progress in reestablishing my medical career
over here. Passing Part 1 of the AMC exams is the start.
Unfortunately, it looks like there is a big demand on the AMC
clinical exams slots, I have yet to secure my exam date.

Paediatrics training…
It is a nice experience to be out in a small district hospital, after
working many years in a tertiary center. Most time, I am the only
paediatrics doctor on the ground. Given the size of Mona Vale
hospital, it is surprising the spectrum of disease we see here. 2
Stevens Johnson Syndrome in 6 weeks,intussusception secondary to
Meckel’s Diverticulum, to name a few… This is definitely a great
experience for me…

However, I am really
looking forward to be back in training and back in BIG hospital. I am
lucky to  get an offer to work in Sydney Children Hospital, this
July. Even though this will be another Residence job (ie like SHO in
UK, MO in M’sia),  but I am still excited to be back in a Children
Hospital.

The RACP have accredited
my training in Belfast, I have been given the green light to sit for
the FRACP exams (part1) next year. FRACP exams is only once a year,
very infrequent compared to MRCP.

The only disappointment
in terms of career, MRCPCH clinical exam  is looking far from reach
now… I have one year to fly back to UK to sit for this exam (before
having to take my part 2 again), but being in a different system (and
a small non-teaching hospital) it was difficult to prepare for this
exam. I have definitely underestimated how tough it is to pull myself
together for this exam.

The epic journey… the
struggle is still going on…