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.
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.
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?
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…
Finding UNIBuds is a joy. It brings
back the memories of IMU and INCOVAR…
Not working this weekend, I decided to
join Unibuds for their Sunday activity, “Bush Care”. I was not
sure what the activity involve, but it is a chance to escape from the
routine of hospital life.
There were 5 volunteers from Unibuds
and a few pensioners were there for “bush care”. The city
council worker who was supervising, explained that our mission was to
pull out weeds among the native plants.
According to him, when the Europeans
first arrived in Australia 200 years ago, they started to keep a
record of the different types of plants seen in different areas of
Australia. Based on these information, the bush care workers believe
that they are able to identify native and foreign plants. They
believe that with mass influx of foreigner into Australia, there are
a lot of foreign vegetations being introduced. Some foreign plants
are taking over the habitats of the native plants, therefore reducing
the number of native plants. Some native plants are believed to be
endangered. Therefore the bush care volunteers aim to remove the
foreign plants so that the native plants can thrive again…
This philosophy does not really fit
into my existing believes…
It is arbitrary to use the 200 year old
European records as the guide to which plant is native and which
plant is not. The plants in Australia 200 years ago may very well
been introduced by the other settler before the European Era. The
native plants 10, 000 years ago could be very different… Just how
long does the plant need to be on this piece of land to be considered
native?
Similarly in human history, certain
racial/cultural/religious group claim ownership of certain piece of
land, stating that they are the native and deserved special right.
Just how long does a certain group of people need to be living on
that piece of land before they are considered native? Does living on
that piece of land for 5 generation make someone native?Does being
born on that land make someone native?
Is it right that Mugabe “weed” out
the white farmers? Does the Jews or the Palestinian own that piece of
“holly land”?
This principle that is being used in
“Bush Care”when applied to human beings is causing too much pain
in our world. We don’t really own any land… We are all just passing
by…
2 weeks of holidays at home in KL is
over. Lazying, doing nothing for 2 weeks was therapeutic. There was
time for reflection.
I have been overseas for many years
now. KL is developing at a scary rate. So many new highways and
flyovers, I nearly lost my way in my own backyard. Unfortunately, the
near first world infrastructure is still being abused by Malaysians
with 3rd world mentality. Illegal parking, aggressive
driving, lawlessness on the road.
KLIA has a pickup zone with 3 lanes,
however, illegal parking along the pickup zone cause the traffic to
stand still at times. The traffic police were seen smoking nearby,
but no action were taken against those cars illegally parked. Such a
contrast to airport in first world countries.
The day I fly out from KLIA, I arrived
more than 2 hours before departure time. There were 2 long queues at
MAS check in counters. It took me more than an hour to check in, even
though KLIA is no where near it’s maximum capacity. I wonder if it is
inefficiency or poor management? Can’t remember queuing up that long
in Heathrow.
By election in Ijok, politicians are
still harping on same old issues. Journalists interviewing the
politicians are far from being critical, or are they just being
“berbudi bahasa”?
Back under the blue sky in Sydney, life
is so much more simple when you are an outsider…
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Just an update about my hair… my hair
is growling really fast, it is about 1cm now. It is an interesting
experience shaving off my hair. Right after shaving, I could feel the
breeze on my scalp, damn cold… Really pity those bald guys out
there, now I understand why people wear hat in the winter.
The next day, walking out in the sun,
Australian sun is really burning… And my virgin scalp nearly burn
after 3 mins in the sun. Got a hat for myself…
Now with the hair spiking, I have loss
count the number of nurses patting my head… I hope it will not end
up as a source of cross contamination of MRSA.
Few days ago, had to resuscitate a
newborn baby on the resuscitair with the overhead heating (heating
is to keep the baby warm.) For the first time, I actually feel the
heat :P My scalp was burning without the protection of my hair.
All in all, it was a good experience…
The hair is gone… Thanks for the sponsorship. We raised more than 1k so far. Still waiting for more donation to flow in…
Thanks Joo and KP… my overseas sponsors.
Thanks Melissa… Please leave a msg if you read this.
Thank you for all the cash sponsors from MVH.
No, I am not renouncing the world… I
am just part of the World Greatest Shave 2007, fund raising for
Leukemia Fund.
Do visit my fund raising web page… Sponsor me.
I know… Life is not fair, YM.
Summer in Southern Hemisphere, alone I
welcome the Spring Festival,
The traveler in foreign land, thinking
of yesteryears
Overseas there is no festive
atmosphere,
write a poem to celebrate.
Photo taken in Sydney Chinese
Friendship Garden, in early spring.
