11.22.2008

being a doctor earns good money

nicely done. the medics here rule man.

bedok polyclinic
-whats wrong with you?
-there's a wierd red line of dots stretching from my thigh down to the calf.
-how long has it been there?
-the one on the thigh has been there for around a month, i discovered it links to another line on the calf yesterday.
-hmmm let me have a look.

-that's wierd, have you gone out to the park or the beach recently?
-no, i have been at home studying for exams. (politically correct answer)
-that's strange, let me ask my colleague

-let me have a look. hmmm this seems to be vascularxxxxxxx. did you knock onto something?
-no, none that i can remember of
-that means it's not vascularxxxxxxxx, and i duno what it is.
colleague walks off
-hmmm i cant give you and medicine for it since i duno what it is
-i read online about this petechiae, maybe that's it?
-no i will know if it's petechiae when i see it, but this is just, strange. i'll refer you to a specialist, pls take this file to room 13, and tell me what it is i'm very interested to find out.

-your appointment is tmr 1410, pls be there at least 30mins early, you may go now.

swee.lucky never pay consultation fee if not kena scam.

changi hospital 1315
-come back around 1400, the doc will tend to you.
nowhere to go, might as well sleep there
zzz till 1410 the empty place suddenly became damn crowded
1430 msg comes "there are about 3 patients before you"
nb champion sia. then a nurse comes out and tells me the doc too busy go to another room.
-toh zuan ming?
-ya (der~)
-have a seat. how are you?
-im fine, (no link)
-what are you doing now? studying?
-ya just finish A' levels (no link)
-going ns next year?
-ya (der~)
-joining which unit?
-not sure (no link again)
-what about uni? thought about which course you gonna take?
-not really, i'll decide when the results are released (digressing...)
-ok i understand you have this line of red dots on your leg?
-ya (it's in the file...)
-let me take a look.

-hmmm how long has it been?
- one month for the thigh, 2 days ago saw the one on the calf.
-have you gone out recently?
-no studying for exams
-you sure? beach park?
-no.
-thats strange. it seems to be some sort of infection that runs down from the thigh, but it's not dangerous since it's not going deeper. it's most probably go away in a few days. (im sure its been there for a month) you sure you have not gone out?
-no (how many times must i say it)
-hmmm let me talk to my consultant to see if he shares the same views as me. have a seat outside. (nice he's guessing what it is now)

half hour later
-toh zuan ming? pls go to room 8

-hi, good afternoon
-this boy seems to have this wierd line on his leg.
-let me have a look.

-hmmm this is not an infection, it's more like a delayed birthmark. (wth? birthmark can delay one? still called BIRTHmark?)
-it's called lichen striatus, it's quite uncommon. but so far it hasn't done any harm to anyone and it's not fatal. there's no known cure for it.
-i see, thank you. now you know what it is, you can stop worrying bout it. i'll try to find you an article about it and maybe prescribe you a medicine for normal rashes see if it works. (maybe? if dun work become fatal how?)
-ok thank you doctors
-pls wait outside for your prescription.

half hour later
-toh zuan ming? toh zuan ming?
-im here.
-that's 22 dollars thank you.
-here you go (nb...go see doc tell me not fatal no cure den 22 dollars...i also can...)
-pls go to the first floor to collect your medicine, and your next appointment is 4 weeks later. (confirm go there tell me the medicine dun work but it's fine not fatal than another 22 dollars)

first floor
queue for number 15mins
wait for number half hour
-that's 2.80 dollars thank you

give me medicine that he dun even know will work or not still charge me. that's my first trip to the hospital. shiok right.

lol past 2 days got robotics chalet. feels wierd so many ppl i duno but nvm just hang around at least i know a few juniors and zhiming came wif me. suddenly all start to chiong bridge den ask me teach them, den all act pro go chiong. i cant seem to play with them sia they never play the ace and king till the last den kena trump away and still feel happy one sia. lol.bid oso never bid past 2 one. partner card come out also never notice, continue trumping partner. lol sia cannot maintain.den outside play water bomb until the windows and floor all wet, i thought rain sia. den all start to sleep one by one, remaining one all share jokes, typical chinese malay indian jokes. duno what to say still must say chinese malay indian.lol.den end up all sleep except me. den zhiming wake up, nothing to do so we cleaned up the place, den all start to wake up den leave everything there wan to go off alreadi. waste sia all the stuff, den so many things forget to take. haiz so big must let us seniors worry.

den today got floorball match against SIM. guess wad the coach is yantoh. surprise sia. got mixture of alumni and j1s. we obviously cant play right how many months nv touch stick. game start only all chiong us like vj, den we alumni play awhile onli cannot maintain alreadi. lol. even lionel oso leg cramp. match revealed alot bout how the j1s, how they play under different situations. cannot maintain sia the opponents like wan to fight lidat, bang here and there all play physical. before game even start they use our court, den adib go ask them let us use the guy say 'you try and overpower us la' coming out of army has made them quite mature and manly i see. den starts the physical play, anal ppl, fight physical strength. 1st period second period end 0-0.

third period we score goal, i nv see who score but who cares just celebrate for mj being 'overpowered'. den the period ended right after that, which is when the j1 gals came. JUDY(purposely must mention) and some other gals came i duno the name. gladys oso came, i think i saw chuanyun also, arrgh forget it den later duno whether they dun wan to lose or something they wan play one more period. by that time i alreadi dying sia lol but still can play physical. took a few shots somemore. den later they still wan another period, i alreadi dead alreadi zy say den he play for me. den duno when got some owngoal cuz azmeer confident stand up den ball hit him go in. and the opponents celebrated. nice. shows alot. den last min they score a goal den the uncle come clear the boards. forever one sia come late to set up but sure on time to clear one.

overall, good match, well done mj. no offence but the opponents seriously spoil the game. it's floorball, a good sport. we play to enjoy and to see which's the better team. not to bang ppl and send them flying off the court. there wasnt even much stickwork, it's just pushing and stuff. the sticks part was best. slash = no slash. lift = no lift. foul = 5 secs later blow whistle. fly off boards = play on. BUT we are the gracious LOL.at the end i didnt cheer for them it wasnt even a game. den zy was telling me i like rock sia shielding like shiok. impenetratable. he say like defence curl lol got some guy tried to push me like 3 times den give up. i dun rmbr but nvm i feel shiok can alreadi. so many ppl wan chiong physical wif me but =P i prevailed. den got debrief, as usual full of crap. next training gonna drill them in shielding and ball control, which they lack most. hope they form their lines soon to know their teammates well and how they play. they will make a good team.

cannot maintain so many nights onli sleep like 4-5 hours. chalet that day never even sleep. can die sia today play like dog somemore dive to save balls and run like dog. lol time to watch tv LOL

ciao, but before that some funny pics again