tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75907192012-02-17T11:24:05.450+08:00roxywoxymed student. occasional space-occupying lesion. occupying space nonetheless.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.comBlogger1401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-88955241156920121172007-11-23T17:13:00.000+08:002007-12-03T05:10:17.381+08:00to my brother who gave me his orientation stuff this year (I can't say for what reason ;D),to my sister who keeps me girly,to my parents who still see me as their little girl,to Jill and Melt, for the countless ward visits when I was in toxic rotations, for spoiling me with chocolate & pastel, for the best times ever, and for just being amazingto Janneth (bebe!) for this year's most surprising Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-51121073645695447552007-10-17T12:43:00.000+08:002007-10-17T16:02:59.565+08:00After9 critical patients (plus 3 discharges)(well, 12 patients then) - 3 intubated, one monitored VS NVS Q15, 3 Q1s, all 9 needing bloodwork daily,and a tally of 2 almost-BRPs,I'm so glad my clerkship week at Pedia Ward 11 is over.Happiest Day of My Life # 1. Move over, End of Internal Med Rotations. IM was Disneyland, compared to Gen Peds :DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-43294112747452232012007-10-02T19:46:00.000+08:002007-10-02T20:07:46.717+08:00Status Post Otorhinolaryngology Rotations. Finally.Status In Hibernation from ACU Ext (Acute Care Unit Extension)Never in my wildest nightmares did I ever think I would say this, but, hey, in the spirit of this year proving me wrong left and right, here goes: I will miss ACU Ext. I got to assist in casting somebody's broken arm here.I got to be friends with the fundoscope here.It was here that I Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-10934413200411155362007-09-30T09:22:00.001+08:002007-09-30T09:55:57.845+08:00They say that the tracks that connected Venice and Vienna were built even before trains that could make the trip were in existence. They built them anyway, because they knew that someday, the trains would come. -Frances (Under The Tuscan Sun)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-57575898653877727892007-09-18T18:52:00.000+08:002007-09-18T18:57:51.585+08:0015 days of Ophthalmology showed me the undeniable truth that:Nothing brings out the obsessive-compulsive monster in people like the Snellen Chart :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-68484496756487598612007-09-14T17:39:00.000+08:002007-09-18T19:02:14.600+08:00"Well, she thinks, what was true of the finger is true of the foot. She was cursed by the ring; can she be blessed by the slipper?"-from SapSorrow (Jim Henson's The Storyteller)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-46589302209220240642007-09-10T17:51:00.000+08:002007-09-18T19:02:32.980+08:00Can anything be more perfect than that sunset?If this were any other insignificant time, I'd say no...But as of today, in spite of me (all with lack of sleep and with sore throat),my answer is, and has to inevitably beYes.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-45602192729643338822007-08-30T18:35:00.000+08:002007-09-18T19:02:46.263+08:00If you've been catching me laughing to the point of tears for no reason in the last week (chances are, you still will within the next week), it's because Genie (the one with the best pose in the pictures below) told me thatGrimace (from McDonald's) is a TASTEBUD.Seriously. Am I the only person in the world who didn't know that?!Why is he purple? Hmmm...let's see -- well, if you were a tastebud Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-34229806545138490432007-08-25T19:38:00.000+08:002007-08-29T19:43:07.454+08:00Futile attempts at pretending we're not in hell.This was our Post Ortho Rotations separation anxiety moment.I miss ortho O.R. work :) OR was always amazing. Where are the typhoons when you need them??? Somebody raindance, please... before I grow hydroponic roots by doing mundane [pseudo]things :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-64428247622546374642007-08-22T20:51:00.000+08:002007-08-22T21:20:44.081+08:00I officially shifted out of Orthopedics.I didn't want to, actually :)No kidding -- I really did enjoy ortho (whereas this specialty previously scared me. How? Two words: musculoskeletal anatomy. Long story :D).Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-44896237460168117762007-08-21T14:13:00.001+08:002007-08-21T14:47:36.330+08:00I'd do so much better if this were long distance, wouldn't I? Yah. Way better.I could do without eventuality right now :DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-52613298664175178762007-08-17T15:01:00.000+08:002007-08-18T01:04:45.942+08:00[enlarge]That is the view from outside my veranda on a rainy day. Because I rarely get to look out the porch (thanks to the hospital), I realize I will be contradicting my usual self by saying these:1. The view's not much -- it's just the back of buildings and a helipad. It used to be a big issue to me. Until this year. I just love it now.2. It's a beautiful rainy day. Anyone who knows me knows IRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-24272004987826596702007-08-08T22:11:00.000+08:002007-08-08T22:31:01.517+08:00 - Get Your OwnSix weeks of brain-crushing is over! Yipeee!!! What am I doing? Completely no-brainer stuff. Strictly no-brainer stuff ;)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-13050518529998989992007-07-10T19:30:00.000+08:002007-08-30T18:33:33.460+08:00Status Post Neurology Rotation. Whoopee!Catch is I'm Status Pre-Internal Medicine Rotation.I have 12 hours in between. I'm sleeping :D I think...Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-63145134883367988542007-07-04T19:51:00.000+08:002007-07-04T19:59:54.738+08:00Hospital duty where I come from is 32 hours every 3 days. How? 7 am to 7 am makes 24, plus you get to another 8 hours. THERE IS NO POST-DUTY STATUS (meaning, no time off to sleep).I'm wonky and woozy post the 32 hours (not oriented to time, place, or person, and I would pass for obtunded in any standard neurologic examination), but at least I get to go home before sunset.Only to go back to the Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-64034689401205898142007-06-08T08:03:00.000+08:002007-06-10T06:49:08.909+08:00For everything medical I learnedthanks, Peds Attendings (Drs. Graham, Falk, Hurvitz, Sloninsky, & Eng)Fellows (ie, the guys of Medical Genetics Drs. Sanchez, Mendoza, Vatanavicharn, Ezgu, & Conway), who made sure there was a happy mix of learning & fun4 Northeast Nurses - Richelle, Jill, & Jen Heme Onc Nurses - Chris & Karen For the wonderful people I met:Nadia, I had a great time. No other way Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-42189979405457575102007-05-21T13:47:00.000+08:002007-05-21T14:03:25.694+08:00In-patient rotations at Cedars Sinai Heme-Onc are amazing. I've met the cutest little patients :D These wonderful kids remind me everyday of why I definitely want to go into pediatrics. There's a particular one that always makes my day at the floor. His name is Ben . He has the best smile & brightest disposition on anyone I've ever seen or known. This kid is just an angel. There's no other way Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-32927613568011989632007-05-19T19:10:00.000+08:002007-05-21T14:21:04.056+08:00Remember my late-onset atopy c/o of Pediatrics Rotations at med school circa February 2007? The fact is, atopy and all it's chums (asthma and allergic rhinitis), run in my family. Inspite of this, I've always taken pride in the fact that I'm probably the only person who does not have atopic episodes. The following things, however, make it pretty clear I really do have atopy:1. Terrible itching Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-12835924943778104722007-04-29T07:27:00.000+08:002007-05-07T08:17:03.753+08:00I've started pediatrics rotation:and that is Beverly Hills, from the West Tower rooftop.Click for more photos.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-66852084488468528212007-04-16T14:56:00.000+08:002007-04-16T15:00:32.578+08:00 For everything I wait for: bukas nang walang hanggan, hanggang matapos ang kailanpaman...Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-14455405117795064822007-04-14T14:49:00.000+08:002007-04-16T15:09:58.544+08:00I just opened a gift: a Compaq laptop -- fully loaded with Windows Vista & all the tiptop specs. All this, and I'm not even a computer techie. Can this day get any better? :D I thank who the gift was from with all my heart and more.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-3021063781366344972007-04-14T10:37:00.000+08:002007-04-15T10:41:21.859+08:00Okay, okay -- I asked for a sign. I probably got one. A big one. April 14, 2007.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-91147425030722245992007-03-25T09:47:00.000+08:002007-04-07T06:33:20.202+08:004 signs marking impending delivery of the placenta:1. Calkin's sign - uterus becomes firmer2. sudden gush of blood3. Uterus rises to the abdomen4. protruding cord lengthensCheck 1, 2, and 4. I delivered a placenta today (only seniors get to deliver the babies). And half bathed in amniotic fluid.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-26040832265881913422007-03-16T10:41:00.000+08:002007-04-04T06:55:12.213+08:00Let it be known that today:I did my first successful unsupervisedSpeculum Exam & Pap Smearand Pelvic Bimanual Exam :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-37322756050262591462007-03-15T19:09:00.000+08:002007-03-15T19:15:32.106+08:00I've officially crossed Obstetrics & Gynecology off my list of future differentials.One, it causes me moments of both literal and figurative hypoxia. [Of course there's that silent wish that to be transiently anosmic, too.]And two, swallowing a rock is a much more appealing activity. Thank you :DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-88071485556131372952007-02-20T19:15:00.000+08:002007-03-15T19:20:22.616+08:00Inspite and despite of it all (and of the grammatical incorrectness of that cliche), I like Pediatrics. When all else goes bonkers in a pediatrics rotation, at least there's this to take home: the kids are way too cute :DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-59438313027458014112007-02-17T01:35:00.000+08:002007-04-03T01:37:03.528+08:00Thank you, pediatrics, for my late onset atopy.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-22560245222594979892007-02-14T15:27:00.000+08:002007-02-12T15:51:09.694+08:00Saint Valentine's Day:It comes one month and one day after my birthday. (I blame the universe)It is a saint's feast day. It is holy, therefore. (you may append words to "holy" as you wish :D).It's a day that doesn't apply to me ;D (whether there's a "yet" after that line, we'll have to see in five years or so)Have a good one. I'm sure yours is better than mine.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-6362617139244478922007-01-13T10:39:00.000+08:002007-01-13T10:58:20.709+08:00Since it's my birthdayand this year I said I should attend to myself a little,I therefore give myselfthe rightto say thatHayden is guapo.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-70024655420894772282007-01-09T12:50:00.000+08:002007-01-09T12:54:06.758+08:00 Pediatrics Clerkship in April '07 :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1167156939501825262006-12-27T02:14:00.000+08:002006-12-27T02:26:17.296+08:00Trying to blow big bubbles here.No pressure. Yeah, right :DThis is why some fairy tales end up in seafoam.Meanwhile, I want cheesecake. I really do.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1164907765621040912006-12-01T01:26:00.000+08:002006-12-27T02:00:27.676+08:00Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1162526657037369402006-11-03T11:50:00.000+08:002006-11-17T15:08:44.676+08:00"What you love this much,you can always find again"-from Black JuiceRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1161627351602066322006-10-24T02:07:00.000+08:002006-10-24T15:53:08.716+08:00That's me trying to figure this outSee, on your right: 2 kidneys fused, one on top of each other. The left kidney is missing. It took about oh, two and a half years of med school to actually localize a kidney on xray in the first place :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1161627923470991052006-10-23T02:19:00.000+08:002006-10-24T15:52:06.000+08:00 This came from an article. SERIOUSLY.Ever since the first kiss was recorded in Vedic scriptures in 1500BC, men and women have wrestled with the dilemma of how, when and whom to kiss. One Japanese study found 30 minutes of kissing can help control hay fever. Tests suggest it relaxes the body and reduces the production of histamine, a chemical pumped out by cells in an allergic response to Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1161403907395480792006-10-21T12:10:00.000+08:002006-10-21T12:11:47.396+08:004 earthquakes. Today. Very, very felt from my seventh-floor vantage.It's hyperawake state all over again :DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1161373673498863912006-10-20T03:36:00.000+08:002006-10-21T12:10:14.190+08:00 "It is not known if he is short or long-sighted".Okay. Neurologic or ophthalmologic?It should all be objective :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1161274952027564902006-10-19T15:08:00.000+08:002006-10-20T00:27:08.263+08:00The hyperawake state, in a nutshell:* awake for long hours -- CHECK.* sleeping pattern is irregular -- CHECK.* consequent difficulty concentrating -- CHECK.In short, it's not early-onset Alzheimer's. Or an asymptomatic brain abcess.Just the neurology rotations.Which brings me to an important point: a person reaches his peak intellectual capacity at age 35. I graduate before that :) Comforting :Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1160496560914858222006-10-11T00:01:00.000+08:002006-10-20T00:31:44.770+08:00I'm rotating in psychiatry.I have a question: Why aren't there any good pictures of hallucinations and illusions (you know, as learning tools to show patients)?That's right... because whacked can only put across whacked. Get it? :)My life gets weirder by the day, doesn't it? :D Kooky :DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1159959943039009842006-10-04T18:37:00.000+08:002006-10-04T19:05:43.050+08:00I'm sleepy. Seriously sleepy.And I have to read on SOIL.I'm in still in med school, right? :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1159695776722820182006-10-01T17:15:00.000+08:002006-10-01T17:42:56.730+08:00Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1159188345155857942006-09-25T20:38:00.000+08:002006-09-25T20:47:44.286+08:00May the world keep in mindthat many of the people present at Woodstock... were high on LSD.Things may have been said while people were hallucinating :DPeace!Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1159055189024875272006-09-24T07:02:00.000+08:002006-09-24T08:08:54.486+08:00There is a tendency for an object to continuously move in the same direction of its travel. It's called MOMENTUM.What's breaking mine? Something that should have been optional in the first place. The world owes it to people. I mean that literally.Meanwhile, I should learn to shut up for the next two weeks.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1158420767867580392006-09-16T23:32:00.000+08:002006-09-16T23:32:47.880+08:00It must be the flu, but I'm pretty sure I heard this from a song being played at the clinic:You see that I don't really have a choice at all...It doesn't even have to matterIf it really matters anything to you.WELL-SAID :DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1157761360451915462006-09-09T08:10:00.000+08:002006-09-09T08:30:28.266+08:00No matter how piled up the eggs become, whether by your doing or by the game's whim, the eggs you need to crack all the other eggs WILL come :) I love Dynomite!Fine. I'll re-phrase. I'm addicted to Dynomite. (c'mon, cut me slack. It's the only game I play :D)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1157760461582551912006-09-01T20:36:00.000+08:002006-09-09T08:09:06.206+08:00Only in medicine:"Although it is used in the manufacture of the dynamite, formulations of nitroglycerine used in medicine are not explosive" - Katzung's Pharmacology, p. 181"In Hirschprung's disease, the rectum is often found to be empty and the anus tight. Explosive passage of flatus and meconium or feces following rectal examination is a useful sign in pointing to the diagnosis" - from the Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1157763270435243152006-08-30T18:40:00.000+08:002006-09-09T09:00:41.323+08:00Something tells me that coming out of surgery rotations, these will never unload from my brain - the types of hemorrhoids, types of anorectal abcesses, types of fistulas, and Goodsall's rule. The tally of hemorrhoidectomies I've seen done comes up to at least 10. Fistulotomies 2. I've succeded in convincing myself that general surgery may never be the path I oughtta take :) My hat's so off to Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1156570697775420342006-08-26T13:23:00.000+08:002006-08-26T14:46:59.336+08:00 --> Applies only as long as my stint at med school lasts. It's temporary. (BTW, that's not even a score -- that's a percentile :D)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1156571421927236552006-08-24T16:40:00.000+08:002006-08-26T14:46:17.043+08:00Status Post 4 breast mass excision assists and 1 closure (subcuticular + simple interrupted :D)And that book happens to be a great read. For later. Meanwhile, I'll have to doze off.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1155994991502862062006-08-19T21:21:00.000+08:002006-08-21T11:25:24.970+08:00I'd been told today that a whole lot of times, I'd never notice it, but apparently these terms would come up when I talk to people on non-medical subjects :) osculation - kissingeructation - burpingpyrexia - fevercoryza - nasal secretionstrismus - lock jawfetor - fruity smell coming from the mouthintractable - unrelentingtragus - that thing on the side of the ear right near the faceepistaxis - Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1155340232515183182006-07-24T18:45:00.000+08:002006-08-12T08:00:16.526+08:00Hospital skills practice all this week. So far, I've:* sutured pig skin (near-far-near-near :D)* biopsied an apple, an orange, and a potato* had to subject myself to an intradermal injection of less than .5 ml saline solution (burning kind of painful .5 ml, by the way)* inserted foley catheters and nasogastric tubes, inserted an IV line, and done a pelvic exam (on dummies)* written my first Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1153139486731698692006-07-17T20:01:00.000+08:002006-07-17T20:35:47.216+08:00I wouldn't be surprised if I heard the Pacific Ocean evaporated sometime today. Why? Because the sky seemed to have spat out enough water to fill it, all the while getting me stranded at my school's main hall for like 30 or 40 minutes.What's sucky is I live only 2 buildings away.This is nature's way of telling me I should learn the necessity of bringing an umbrella daily and be happy about it.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1152723310641097162006-07-13T00:25:00.000+08:002006-07-13T00:56:58.133+08:00~*~TRAUMA is exposure to energy which the body can't contain or resist.~*~Surgery is planned TRAUMA,with a consenting victim and a known assailant.Don't ya just love Medicine? :D In the recesses of those lengthy lectures and heavy books lie the best definitions in human language -- definitions so accurate and precise because they fundamentally relate to disease, not normalcy :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1152724487917492462006-07-10T15:05:00.000+08:002006-07-13T01:28:06.236+08:00I know, I know. Italy owned World Cup. That's still my team :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1151741250337002982006-07-01T16:03:00.000+08:002006-07-01T16:17:16.350+08:00And the dentists say...I'll be needing braces.Why? After they take 3 teeth out surgically, and under sedation, my teeth will disalign.This is why I am deathly scared of dental appointments.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1150891098121425282006-06-21T07:16:00.000+08:002006-06-22T01:33:01.586+08:00-from Think of Me (The Phantom of the Opera)[listen] It's Midsummer's day --the day of the summer solstice, andthe longest day of the year. Today, we all wait. All is fair :DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1150079584222027322006-06-11T11:24:00.000+08:002006-06-14T19:15:23.943+08:00 ENGLAND wins over Paraguay 1-0 :D Thanks to some dude from Paraguay, but nevertheless...Weeeheeeh!!! One more thing: Ever heard of the consequences of salt-water-electrolyte imbalance? It's one whole lecture ya don't wanna listen to :D For godsakes, let the players drink all the water they need :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1149691839087888752006-06-07T22:27:00.000+08:002006-06-07T22:51:58.133+08:00All the way from Spain: [enlarge]White chocolate-wrapped chocolate cookies, great with good old ice cold coke. Absolutely yummy. (Jill, you just made me a patriot :D)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1147376416814956912006-05-11T03:38:00.000+08:002006-05-12T03:40:50.260+08:00My all-time addiction: [enlarge](hey, at least the soda is diet)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1147376053077698642006-05-08T16:25:00.000+08:002006-05-15T15:16:27.616+08:00I actually did laundry in a laundromat. See, I can live in New York.[enlarge][enlarge]That's my brother goofing off behind me. It's his birthmonth (his birthday has always been celebrated all 31 days of May -- it's tradition) :DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1146795666731129942006-05-04T19:11:00.000+08:002006-05-05T10:37:27.256+08:00Possibly because I haven't done anything related to it in the past two years I'd been in med school, I was in some kind of kitchen phase all day today.Meet my new bestfriend, the Cuisinart (talk about sparing me from tears, huh...)[enlarge]These chocolate chip cookies I actually baked (inspired, of course, by Jill, who gave me cookies as a happy-spring-gift last April): [enlarge] Lastly, this Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1145376733137689872006-04-18T09:11:00.000+08:002006-04-19T00:13:47.333+08:00This is part of Lake Havasu in Arizona.[enlarge]That thing above it is the original London Bridge. How? It was first meticulously built in London, ofcourse. Then some American bought it for $7M, and transported it piece by piece to where it is now. Yup...Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1145377362376806212006-04-11T12:14:00.000+08:002006-04-19T00:22:42.376+08:00Hovaness, the little 2 year-old kid next door :) I haven't seen him in over a year and hey, he bikes now :) Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1145380083027025702006-04-11T11:28:00.000+08:002006-04-19T01:08:06.626+08:00 I'm one full hour short of being a koala, which means I'm awake only 3 hours a day. What is this -- paying sleep debt?Incidentally, these things, the koalas -- they eat eucalyptus. They have fresh breath, therefore, but because eucalyptus can cause gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the purpose is totally beaten. Ugh...I have issues with koalas, medical and otherwise.Okay that's it. I'm notRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1143688730195597242006-03-30T10:36:00.000+08:002006-03-30T11:47:53.876+08:00I got through all these this year:* combined Pathology and Microbiology all in three weeks, which I think gave me the beginnings of the skill of breath-holding* Sporadic Microbiology and Parasitology all year (which is why I can name a microbe or a worm for every thing I refuse to touch...)* Pharmacology exams that took the concept behind multiple choice literally (as in one question will have Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1142530070267046672006-03-17T00:34:00.000+08:002006-03-17T02:22:40.843+08:00Ginny Owens -- If You Want Me To (OST Felicity)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1140371627069232082006-02-20T00:41:00.000+08:002006-02-20T03:03:34.853+08:00[enlarge]Hannah (in purple) & Pia (in black) & me (in salmon) * a shared addiction to Ooh La la [translation: pesto-crab-shrimp-garlic-rice]* relentless consumption of Pepsi Twist* hair spa-&-facial masque weekends* our twisted faith in the power of DuWop Lip Venom * the mutual fashion consultancy * how we all can suffix "-banana" to our names (hannah banana,piabanana, roxannabanana)* DVDRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1140001896246691182006-02-15T19:02:00.000+08:002006-02-15T19:11:36.260+08:00What I'm learning from the gastroenterology module -- SWALLOW IT ALL. It may be humanly impossible to digest, but swallow. You'll vomit it all one day.Here's to yet another sleepless night pre-GI exam.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1139079064468927072006-02-05T02:50:00.000+08:002006-02-05T02:52:50.910+08:00It's almost three AM and I'm still wide awake.No, it's not because of the Gastroenterology module I'm reading. I know, I know -- it's the chocolate (I downed only 10 Crunch bars...).I am Roxy. I am a chocoholic.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1138938444185894942006-02-03T11:40:00.000+08:002006-02-03T11:47:24.196+08:00"luscent" = "white"In radiology, "radioluscent" = "black"Which genius thought that up?! Why can't it just be "black" when it's black and "white" when it's white? :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1138772782722354472006-02-01T13:33:00.000+08:002006-02-05T03:03:32.116+08:00You are White ChocolateYou have a strong feminine side with a good bit of innocence thrown in.You are an understated beauty, and your power is often underestimated! What Kind of Chocolate Are You?Actually, no. I should be Cadbury Dairy Milk. Chocolate is not chocolate if it isn't brown. I should know -- I'm addicted.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1138460308624793752006-01-28T21:56:00.000+08:002006-01-28T23:01:01.976+08:00If you have left-right disorientation like I do, you'll have to be reminded that when you look at a picture on your computer screen, Right of the picture would be the side that faces your Left hand. [enlarge]So that's me, far left, with my best friends at medical school, Jillie and MelT [enlarge]who keep me constantly and happily oriented, in more ways than one :)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1138336530409556062006-01-27T12:24:00.001+08:002006-01-27T19:46:52.846+08:00 Cough -- a protective reflex that invoves inspiration of at least 11 liters of air and forceful expulsion of such.And so I cough: I am never gonna like pulmonology.And I cough again: I am never gonna like law disguised as "legal med" (there is nothing medical in all that legal talk, believe me. Are they trying to make me take law and med at the same time?!!!)And my airway is cleared: pulmonologyRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1137329509838546602006-01-13T19:09:00.000+08:002006-01-15T20:55:42.253+08:00I am a serial scheduler.I am a neatfreak.I am a workaholic when I need to be.I wouldn't drink without a straw.I prefer eating food I don't need to chew so much.I am a self-confessed sloth.I believe in respect and consideration.I greatly appreciate the smallest of efforts.I am a convert to extroversion.I try to be human as best I can.I love Midsummer -- the longest day of the year.I believe in Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1135737549936710572006-01-01T00:05:00.000+08:002005-12-28T11:21:37.860+08:00I am unwritten, you can't read my mind, I'm undefinedI'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplannedChorus 1Staring at the blank page before youOpen up the dirty windowLet the sun illuminate the words that you could not findReaching for something in the distanceSo close you can almost taste itRelease your inhibitions Chorus 2 Feel the rain on your skinNo one else can feel it for Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1135612103221578522005-12-26T23:18:00.001+08:002005-12-27T17:14:27.710+08:00That's how the underneath of our christmas tree always looks like every year.Until my sister or my brother or my dad get to it come Christmas morningSee if I were there, there would have been a wastebasket close by to throw the wrappers in :) Which kinda clues you in: I wasn't home for Christmas :(Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1135445444457101592005-12-25T00:38:00.000+08:002005-12-25T01:56:03.383+08:00may god bless our many broken roadsRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1133541967743099832005-12-03T00:27:00.000+08:002005-12-03T00:46:07.790+08:00If you'd have seen this week's schedule at med school, you would've suspected the same thing I did: with all the free time there, you'd say it's too good to be true.And it was too good to be true. All within this week, I had to: * prepare for 1 tough neuro-psych examination* actually take the examination* attend about 16 hours of lecture, including one on Aromatherapyand to top that, in a span ofRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1133064624002920652005-11-27T11:45:00.000+08:002005-11-27T12:22:55.936+08:00Evidence of how freakin' de-glamorized I've become: enlargemy Mom & LeyHoly hell, Med school. Can't wait for when you end so I'll time to be vain again :DMore Pre-Christmas pics from my brother: enlargeDaddy & MommyMy sister, rubbing the height thing in(Ceiling's 11 ft, Christmas tree's 6 foot 5...guess what her height is) :D Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1130511326230282102005-10-28T20:46:00.000+08:002005-10-28T23:02:53.396+08:00What I'm missing by not being able to go home:Daddy -- he got a new digi-cam for the 3rd or something time,I think (hence, the latest photos :D). He always has to buy something from those gadget shops he goes to (even if we already have whatever he's getting :D).Mommy ('love the jacket :D)My brother and his latest A, one of many :D His definition of tragedy: an A-My camera-shy sister. I'm lying Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1130232940909460722005-10-25T17:31:00.000+08:002005-10-25T17:35:40.916+08:00Yes, I got a new PDA.And yes, I intend to get an iPod.That doesn't mean I should have Medical Informatics as an elective! :(Somebody please switch electives with me...Please.Technicals and I don't match. We're talking oil in water. We're talking tacos and noodles. Ice cream and anchiovies. Hot chocolate and orange juice.Please!!!Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1128671400236582682005-10-07T15:40:00.000+08:002005-10-07T15:50:00.273+08:00A friend asked: Which thing, trivial or otherwise, do you feel most jilted over?Profound. It took me a while to think and then came my answer: Remember the Jetsons? Apart from those working at NASA, people didn't start popping food tablets in the year 2000. They still aren't now :)Really. I was so convinced it would happen in year 2000 (Jetsons was set in the year 2000). Maybe I should go to NASA.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1128395659818186802005-10-04T10:49:00.000+08:002005-10-04T12:44:01.580+08:00I checked thrice (actually a friend checked for me once, then I checked twice)...I'm not listed above or below...I am exempt in the dreaded pathology-microbiology-parasitology finals combined (yes, into ONE exam).I now have the license to faint"Pathology is literally the science of suffering"(-- Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease, p.1)[see, I actually read that heavy book :)]But actually:Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1126350888297312592005-09-10T19:07:00.000+08:002005-09-10T19:14:50.400+08:00"When I was little, they found a lump in my back and in the lump, there were teeth. In the lump...they found my twin" -- Aunt Voula (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)Actually, it was a teratoma.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1125758597089726152005-09-03T22:09:00.000+08:002005-09-03T22:43:17.146+08:00Any losses you might incur the universe promises will be your gain -- fortune cookieOf course it took every inch of effort I had to break the cookie open, and then before I got to read it, the fortune had to flop over to the next table (which was empty, thank heavens) :D Sometimes the world has funny ways of answering me point blank ;)Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1125107704105204642005-08-27T09:50:00.000+08:002005-08-27T10:46:37.290+08:00This is what happens when non-med people analyze a med student (a.k.a a non-willing specimen).Oh sure, pick on the one who just got stuck to an OB-GYNE module.BTW, they don't like alike! To whom this may concern: I happen to have found the post since I happen to have breathed this Saturday morning, too. LOL. I should change my password...Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1124869856897484742005-08-24T15:27:00.000+08:002005-08-24T15:50:56.926+08:00I always knew that out of this life, I was in for something good -- and it is that (whatever it is) which is missing and which I've been waiting for to come. But in all this waiting, I lost something else, and it just occured to me -- I've been perpetually trying to get it back. Will I ever get it back? Maybe. Because "maybe" is more certain than "yes" or "no".For now, I'm exhausted beyond Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1123953094861310322005-08-14T00:33:00.000+08:002005-08-14T01:12:29.253+08:00 What is it with this weather?It rains at unpredictable times and in unpredictable directions. Hence, the need for a jacket.On donning the jacket, you feel all hot and icky. Ergo, take the jacket off.You opt for something sensibly cooler.Then it rains some more.At that point you decide in surrender that what the sky needs is a basic antihistamine. Maybe it's allergic to all the humans below...Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1123577123253226142005-08-07T22:43:00.000+08:002005-08-09T16:45:45.190+08:00Happy Birthday to the August CelebratorsRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1123294192441220102005-08-06T10:09:00.000+08:002005-08-06T10:09:52.446+08:00Because there's nothing to do, amazingly...I am: not studying listening to: musicwaiting for: a phonecall from my parentsshould be doing: advanced reading for dermatologyplan to do: mentioned abovedid this last night: took antihistamine, well, to sleep at an appropriate timewatched this last: Sweet Home Alabama on HBO (see, I was able to watch TV, for once)recent indulgence: 2 large iced Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1122885358533864982005-08-01T15:53:00.000+08:002005-08-01T16:35:58.576+08:00 Med school can:keep a person awake all the timekeep a person asleep at the most inappropriate timesand in my case, change a person's timezone -- I'm on Pacific now (instead of HongKong Standard).Feedings are four hours apart, too... Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1120872417992025332005-07-09T08:41:00.000+08:002005-07-09T09:26:58.020+08:00The Five Ds of prognosis: DISCOMFORTDISSATISFACTIONDISEASEDISABILITYDEATHAlso known as the Five Ds of a Medical Student. In no particular order. Note: Only the last 3 are patient-related ;DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1120148833367253412005-07-01T00:07:00.000+08:002005-07-01T00:32:45.133+08:00Paracelsus says:"All substances are poisons. There is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy"such that this quote from one professor applies:"Whether something is a side effect depends on what you want the effect [of a drug] to be"which may probably explain these words (from yet another professor):"Medical students end up not knowing how to flirt" When oneRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1117149399334747042005-05-26T16:16:00.000+08:002005-05-27T07:16:39.340+08:00Because of our little neighbor Jovaness, I'm slowly learning Armenian, a language I don't plan on learning. [enlarge]Patchik - kissPatchikara - flying kissApres - thank youCaca - candyFor what? A big cute high five :) a robust "yeah!", and many, many moments of Jovi's cuteness. [enlarge]Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1115832250499459732005-05-11T10:33:00.000+08:002005-05-12T01:57:51.066+08:00 [enlarge] [enlarge]SEAN KENNETH CRUZPlays varsity water polo. He's on the Swim Team, too.Intelligent and funny.My first degree cousin [enlarge] [enlarge]More Sean? Click on his team's site on the nav bar.He's easy to spot -- just pick out the cutest one (Tustin # 17). [enlarge] [and Sean up close] Yes, he's that kid (in the pictures in my wallet) who everyone said could well be Ben Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1115828470586556222005-05-10T09:47:00.000+08:002005-05-12T00:21:10.590+08:00For the record, reading the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics on my summer (spring) break is not exactly therapeutic.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1115394282064155992005-05-06T23:32:00.000+08:002005-05-06T23:44:42.123+08:00Only in Malibu will you learn these:bozone - the substance coating stupid people which prevents ideas from penetratingbozone layer - that which shows no sign of breaking down in the near futuresarchasm - the gap between the author of sarcastic wit the person who does not get itdecafalon - what you go through when you're made to eat only the things that are good for youdopeler effect - the Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1114703087336544052005-04-28T23:27:00.000+08:002005-04-28T23:44:47.336+08:00 DO NOT go to Yellowstone and read a microbiology book on the way. Old Faithful spews and lives in an environment where all 3 microbial (human disease-causing) domains thrive.Trust me, you'll never get off the car.Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1112804255701286682005-04-07T00:09:00.000+08:002005-04-07T00:17:35.700+08:00Summer vacation from medical school has officially begun. In a few days I'll be on the first flight out of this place, far far away from med school. Why is it that I'm up and I'm having the sudden nudge to browse through a microbiology book? This is insane :DRoxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590719.post-1112597784486221302005-04-04T14:30:00.000+08:002005-04-04T14:56:24.486+08:00I've officially completed first year of medical school. One down, four to go!Roxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565132983195795174noreply@blogger.com0