my future specialty?chew on this!

The medical specialty for you is.... Orthopedic Surgery

Orthopedic surgery is the best of all specialties. As an orthopedic surgeon or "bone doctor", there will exist no injury too minor for you to perform general surgery on it. But the real reward will come when you are able to see your patients walking again on their own two feet (i.e. after two years of physical therapy).

To find out what specialty best fits your unique personality, go to:

What Medical Specialty Is For You?

yes, one of the specialties that i think might suit me,hehe...(seriously, i considered it, but- it's probably like daydreaming, till i wake up to smell the antiseptic next door to my class..hehe )

think again what you think about me

You Are 72% Paranoid Schizophrenic

You definitely have a chance of being a paranoid schizophrenic. Crazy or not, you certainly don't have a good grip on reality!

Are You A Paranoid Schizophrenic?

whatever , it's just for fun

i'm going on a trip around europe (11-25 aug) this summer, with zam, sam5,adib 3rd yr, 2 moscow girls, and anyone else interested to join.we'll be joing the Kelana convoy, so we wont have to worry about accomodation, transport, most of the food and our prayer times(which are observed as part of the trip. anyone interested to join. some students from the uk will be joining us, and the more people the better, so if anyone's interested pls tell me.(the voices in my head are telling me to do so...hahaha)

what i think is weird

For me, it’s weird that more often
· The more we speak, the more people misunderstand
· The one beautiful outside or ugly inside is more talked about than vice versa
· The more good things we do, the more people see our faults
· The more individualistic a person is, the more successful and responsibility he has in the society that can affect other peoples’ lives
· It’s weird not to have a premarital romantic relationship before marriage for most people.

tag: weird things about me

I’ve been tagged by amani. Listing weird things about yourself is troublesome even for self-proclaimed eccentric me. Hehe…

1. Why I’m weird is not because of what I actually do. It’s not like I do something bizarre everyday like –quote from zamani- “menjentik lalat” or anything. It’s actually my way of thinking and my choices, and sometimes it’s not that weird anymore anyway. Still, you should ask all those people who say I’m weird, and find the 1001 reasons they think that way.--- does this count?
   
   (please allow me to put this excerpt I wrote as I thought)So far..i’m getting none, I’m changing, my hobbies don’t seem weird anymore(and has been listed by others),and memory loss seem to be quite common. Procrastinating seems to be in the normal range too. Liking to keep/collect old stuff & receipts - been there, and still doing it.
   
   


2. I almost always finish eating last in any ceremony with eating as part of the agenda. Many can vouch for this. Some weird eating habits that might have become somewhat my ‘trademark’ are sweating excessively right after I reach that point when most people would stop (especially with spicy food- I cant resist them both ways). At this time, I’d strip off any outer layers of my clothes and ask for tissue (so please be ready to give me some!). oh, and I usually am one of the last to start eating. The girl course-mates fondly refer to me as the DBKL, as I’d be the one to finish whatever’s left but too little or very hard to keep food.
   


3. Actually I sweat easily.
   


4. I like shirts with mostly only one colour, without any decorations at all. Nothing. Even on the back or in any corner. A pagoda t-shirt was perfect for me back in high school. Some of my shirts are exceptions. Most are plain with a strong color. I prefer fewer decorations, or without any writings or pictures of animals or people, something on the corner’s ok, and especially nothing on the back. But I’ll wear them anyway. Preferences and doing them are 2 different things. ----err... maybe this is not that weird.
   


5. I don’t listen to music much. Most of the music I listened to was from my sister’s room during her school days, and from my housemate’s computers or cds. I don’t have a preferred band, music, or even series. I don’t hate any songs (i.e. I don’t mind people listening to music next to me at any time, even if I was going to sleep, because usually I’ll fall asleep anyway). Some are just more appealing than others but that’s it. I seldom open any song by myself, and if I do…that’s weird for me.
   


6. I can hold a pen with the outer part of my lower lips longer than anyone I’ve shown it to, and still wiggle it in the process (remember neemo’s bday wish pic?-thanks again)
   


7. Most of the time I don’t really care what others think about me, e.g. how I dress (like folding the bottom part of my pants too high, or not combing my hair)..but I try to respect my friends’ wishes (they mean good), and like a Muslim Indian friend told me once 4 years ago ‘we represent Islam wherever we go, our appearance and mannerism should be appropriate so as not to give the wrong impression about Islam to others’(more or less this was what he said, thanks Suhail).
   Back to the point, that’s why I could carry a bulky stupid looking purse around on my belt for a year (it had a tear and my mother bought me a new one), and my camera too (seems practical since I took it out every chance I get to snap something). If you’ve been reading this attentively (and why would you do that?) you might notice that this is part of the 1st weird thing listed about me..hehe
   


8. I hate to point this out. But my trademark way of chatting, messaging or any informal chat communication would end in “hehe”, which is presumably my cue to laugh, but might not be funny enough for others to laugh. It’s been with me since my 1st sms.
   

I did many crazy things, but they are normal crazy since I heard other people I know of do it too. I can try to list them. But that would be another entry. Hehe

I know some people think I’m weird, so please feel free to add anything weird you remember about me, hehe.

I cant seem to tag anyone else, since I don’t have that many links (see my blogging friends list) and som of them have been tagged, but aiza, fadly, gmex, matpih, anum, emilio if you’re interested, you’re on next!

Let's speak russian for a while :P

«Ты русски знаещь?»
«Ер..»
«Понимаещь что я говорью?»
«Да» (лучше чем он думает, но я не хотел чтобы он ето знал)
Мы встретились в автобусе, когда я возвращался домой, после тренировки по волейболу. На чисы считается 22 часов ночью, и я уже устал.Он молодой, может быть чуть старше меня, сидит сзади меня, и от него пахнеть тот фамильярный, неприятный запах у пьяных.
Наверное он просто хотел беседовать с кем ни-будь, и от выбирал меня - одиночный инностранец едущий на троллейбусе ночью. Сначала он старался поправить положение моей сумки. После этого он был спокойным. Думая его внимание уже не ко мне, я не показал ему какой ни-будь неудобного чувства - может быть у него своя проблема - но когда троллейбус остановился, и мы выходили, он проследовал меня и постарал продолжить беседу, несмотря на то, что я не совсем понимаю (как ни странно я просто не хотел разгагаваривать). У него нет дело, и он хотель сопровождать меня домой.
Слава Богу!(Алхамдулиллах), несколько шагов вперёд, и две милиции остановили нас, и попросили нас показать документы.
Слава Богу!/Ради Бога, они хорошие люди, подозревающие что етот мужчина мешает меня. Я не сказал так, но «Что не мешал» они сказали...и продолжал спрашивать его.
«Всё, ты можещь идти» ко мне сообшили они. И я пошёл домой.

Даже сейчас, я задавал себя вопросы – правильно ли всё что я делал? Что случилось с ним после этого? Да, он мешал меня, и может быть он хотел денги от меня, или просто хотел товарищ в этой холодной тёмной ночью, но какие проблемы были у него? И какие дальше, когда милиции спрашивали его, и он ничего не показал, и с таким пьяным поведением.. Слава Богу/Ради Бога, что я ещё думаю так.

Я уже не тот молодой человек который только что приходил суда из малайзии 5 лет назад, который на всё угодно удивильно, и так нравился говорить с незнакомыми русскими.
Только несколько дней назад один мужчина спросил мою национальность, возможно ли я Вьетнамец, и я так не интересно говорил нет. Зная я не интересуюсь обсуждать, тот добрый человек просил прощение когда он ушёл.

Они не все добрые, но как ни удевительно не все хулиганы.
У меня много вспоминаний не только с плохими людьми (несколько разов, ситуация потребовал нам избегать от них), но и с самыми хорошимиб добрыми русскими людьми.

Я пищу на русском, чтобы наши фамилии в малайзий не понимали. Им не надо заботиться о своих детях больше чем пужно. Всё что случились здесь, могут случиться везде, даже в нашей любимой стране.
Нам надо вспоминать, что не все русские на улице плохие. Наша религия учит нас подумать всё хорошие о людах, не смотря на кого, и не подозревать что-нибудь плохие о них . Это правильно – нам всегда надо быть осторожным, но не покажи своё неудовольствие так ясно, эта просто не красивы. Нам даже сообшили, что мы не можем говорить ничего неприятного о людей, особенно в их отсутствии.
Для меня, я постараюсь навсегда постараюсь, дай Бог (иншаАллах) улыбаться, и обсуждаться со всеми людьми лучше, и одинаково.




Во имя Аллах, Милостивого, Милосердного!

«О те, которые уверировали! Пусть одни люди не насмехаются над другими, ведь может быть, что те лучше них. И пусть одни женщины не насмехаются над другими женщинами, ведь может быть, что те лучше них. Не обижайте самих себя (друг друга) и не называйте друг друга оскорбителными прозвищами. Скверно называться нечестивцем после того, как уверовал. А те, которые не раскаются, окажутся беззаконниками.»

«О те которые уверовали! Избегайте многих предположений, ибо некоторые прежположения являются грехом. Не следите друг за другом и не злословьте за спиной друг друга. Разве понравится кому-либо из вас есть мясо своего покойного брата. Если вы чувствуете к этому отвращение? Бойтесь Аллаха! Воистину, Аллах – Принимающий покаяния, Милосердный.»

Сура «Ал-Худжурат» Аят 11 и 12

PS: Ради Бога — for God's sake, for goodness' sake
Дай Бог - God grant; I hope (so), let's hope (so)
слава тебе Господи — thank God/heavens во славу — (кого-л./чего-л.) of the glory of, for the greater glory of, in glorificarion of
- слава богу! - на славу

Happy Chinese New Year!

to all my chinese friend and anyone else celebrating !

The Russian M.C. system

I’m giving out information and also revising a bit for tomorrow’s ОЗЗ (Общественное Здоровье и Здравоохранение), (for you non-Russian-speaking kids, it means Public health and health services) computer test. it's actually interesting, if you want to compare the sytem here and in malaysia (which i cannot fully, because i dont know how the system works in Malaysia). It's widely used in Russia and in some other countries too.
Here it is, in short…( but it’s a long one)

In Russia, we students are given a spravka i.e. a certificate, whenever we are sick, which we must ask the doctor, and later the foreign students dept. to make and present it to the lecturer.
Workers on the other hand, will get a листка нетрудоспособности (disability form)
or Л.Н. (L.N.) which is either permanent (invalid group I, II, and III), or temporary.
It’s also given to pregnant women and people on leave to care for a sick family member (will be discussed later), or even healthy people e.g. a chef whose wife has acute infectious hepatitis)
Technically spravkas and LNs are the same, but the functions are different.
They are given for the same reason as M.C.s in Russia. For LN, they are given for
Legal reasons – giving the right to be free from work for a certain period
Statistical reasons – as a document for statistical analysis of diseases with temporary work disability
Financial – gives the right to receive help/ insurance from insurance companies

The spravkas are given out for 2 reasons:
Legal
Statistical
(But I’d rather add financial too, since without it we’d have to pay about 120rubles per hour for each class without a spravka (that’s abut 600+rubles- a little less than 100 ringgit)

The disability forms (LN) are given:
· To just about every legally working citizen and foreigner who temporarily lost their working capability
· According to the rules and regulations of the agreement “On the regulation of rendering of medical service to…”(it’s a long one)
· Citizens with a temporary disability or whose leave due to pregnancy and birth occur within a month after being discharged from work. (the lecturer pointed out that this is the case with a reasonable reason for example when a company’s downsizing, and they were discharged, or any other reason that’s not their fault e.g. if they got fired due to disciplinary issues, it wouldn’t be that easy)
· Citizens who are registered as not working (e.g. a rare specialty making it hard to find work. The government will pay them every month-how cool is that! The lecturer told us of a geologist she knew living in Germany without working, with a wife who’s a lecturer for Ukrainian language who live off this scheme, and still afford to send their children to private schools, buy a house and cars e.t.c. There are not many in Russia since those not working only get about 1700 rubles(a bit more than 50 USD). This may sound familiar to those living in Volgograd, they register at the “служба занятости” and other similar sounding organizations
· To some other groups not in Malaysia, and some other agreements

The LN is not given to
· Nonworkers
· in temporary disability occurring during unpaid leave (leave without a preservation of salary)
· for prosthesis in ambulatory-polyclinics(outpatient, e.g. teeth prostheses, limb prosthesis, and not endoprostheses and others similar to it needing hospitalization and surgical procedures
· workers caring for a family member if they already are on holiday( later they will be given LN after the holiday is over)

The only ones who have the right to give these forms are:
· Licensed, qualified doctors, treating the patients, observing their dynamics and giving the prognosis.(this means other doctors eg radiologists cant give LN)
· Medical workers/attendants with middle medical education , in the absence of a doctor (usual case in Russia, in villages when pregnant women meet the medical attendants every month, as there were no doctors around for miles)(only for mild cases, if there is a possibility of a sever disease, they will be sent to the nearest medical establishment with a doctor)

Ther groups DO NOT have the right to give out LN
· Ambulance
· Stations for blood transfusion
· Forensic medical establishments
· Doctors of the general practice departments (приемное отделение= receiving department) of hospitals- they will direct patients to the doctors in therapeutic or other departments
· Some others

Regulations for giving the LN
The periods:
· The LN is given for less than 10days, is continued for another 10 days if needed, for up to 30 days in total.(only in special cases the doctor can give LN until full recovery.). The doctor will determine the dynamics, treatment and prognosis within this period. E.g. for common cold – no more than 3-4 days because known short course of the disease.
· Medical attendants have the right to give LN for 5 days, and continued until 10 days (because they only treat light cases. More sever cases need the attention of a doctor). Again, in exceptional cases, after consultation with a doctor, only can the period be lengthened up to 30 days.
· After 30 days, the case is taken by a commission of experts for the decision of further treatment and prolonging the LN
· According to the decision of the commission of experts(KEK in Russian), in a good clinical and working prognosis the LN can be prolonged, but no more than 10 months. In isolated cases (traumas, after reconstructive operations, tuberculosis) – no more than 12 months, with periods of continuation of LN no longer than 30 days.

The LN is given too according to the time needed for the patient to arrive at the place where he or she will receive treatment (in Russia that’s important, e.g. if the place takes 2 days to reach, they will have an extra 4 days in their LN)

Regulations for giving LN to those taking leave to treat a family member
I’m putting in this information too because I think it’s interesting, and if possible should be in any medical policy, unless anyone’s got a better one.

For mothers (or guardian) with an ill child:
<> 7 years - until a period of 15days
<>7 years who are warded - after recommendation from the commission of experts about the necessity of the parent’s care
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