and i feel like Rapunzel

Ever wondered what it feels like to be Rapunzel?

To be locked-up in a room, only out to clear your bowel?

Strangely enough, i could have been living in her lair

Albeit without the golden stair made from her hair

But one day, when i have amassed enough lecture notes

I'm gonna tie them together and throw out my window a rope

And off to freedom, only to realise with a thunk

It's EOS in 9 days, and stop reading this junk

senaiboy (1986-present)

plagiarised from my blog.

I would like to dedicate this inspiring poem to my fellow batchmates. Haha :P.

Good luck for EOS guys and gals! And a Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year! And Happy Chinese New Year! And Happy Birthday (whenever yours is)!

matching results out! (updated after second matching)

Not that everyone don't know anyway =.=". Haha. Anyway just to update this blog, i think i'll just post here who's going where. Please help add whoever i did not include here =) (and confirm them too. help needed to update after appeals)

[+/-] show/hide Australia list

University of Adelaide, Oz
Roshini
Sien Loong (Fish)
Thinesh
Timothy Chan
Yeap

University of Melbourne, Oz
Arvind Puri
Chia Huan
Dharma
Eleanor
Fabian Chiong
Linda
Sonali

University of Newcastle, Oz
Alvin Beng
Jae Mie

University of New South Wales, Oz
Ee Leen
Yun

University of Tasmania, Oz
Fatin
Jeremy Nunis
Joanne Chew
Kang Ler

University of Western Australia, Oz
Chui Han
Daphne Li

University of Queensland, Oz (confirmation needed)
Devi
Priya

BioMedical Science, IMU (University of Queensland, Oz - 2009)
Alexander Tiong
Alvin Quah
Irshad
Jack
Jaslyn
Patrick Chan
Shao Yang
Shin Yee
Siau Ying
Yu Ling

[+/-] show/hide New Zealand list

University of Auckland, NZ
Danny
Florence
Jamie
Kalpana
May Ee
Pamela
Rahel

University of Otago, NZ
Chow Chow
Jimi
Liana
Wei Ming

[+/-] show/hide Canada list

University of Calgary, Canada
Hafiz
Mustaqim

University of Dalhousie, Canada
Shin Yin
Shu Shan
Smarika (Bob)

University of Memorial, Canada
Hazwani
Karbela

[+/-] show/hide Ireland list

University of Galway, Ireland

[+/-] show/hide UK list

University of Aberdeen, UK
Deborah Chew
Fabian Lee
Jackie Liew
Karl King
Kong Fui
Lydia
Sue Ann

University of Dundee, UK
Hui Suan
Hwee Hong
Siaw
Wai Kian
Zameer

University of Edinburgh, UK
Benjamin Ng
Chee Mei
Ivy Ang
Prasad
Sarah

University of Glasgow, UK
Alfred
Li Li
Li Ying
Yew Wen
Zoe

University of Keele, UK
Jason

University of Leeds, UK

University of Leicester, UK

University of Liverpool, UK
Hui Lin
Li Shan

University of Manchester, UK
Aaqil
Fleur
Kee Fong
Jane June
Stephanie
Wilfred

University of Queens, UK
Andrew Yew

University of Southampton, UK
Wei Wei

University of St Georges, UK
Mun Ling
Rasyidah

[+/-] show/hide US list

University of Jefferson, US
Teik Jun
Yin Khurn

ps - if you can't edit this post, just leave a comment and someone'll fill it in =)

Thanks Hui Lin, Zoe, Sonali for your help =)

IMU cup 2007 champions!

after 3 imu cups, lots of training, lots of screaming, sprained ankles, sweat, tears...

M205 ARE THE IMU CUP 2007 CHAMPIONS!



i'm sure we have many many happy/sad/speechless moments throughout our rollercoaster imu cup experiences, some captured on film, so do share your stories and your photographs for the convo mag! =)

good job everyone!

Profile Layout Preview

As mentioned in the previous post, there will be a revote in the first week of MSK system. Here are the layout I have made.

Layout 'One'


Pros: High resolution, Personalized, Group Photo, ‘Photoshop’ allowed, Minimal Text, Any picture - natural

Cons: No dedication, Minimal Text, High resolution.

Layout 'Two'

Pros: Lots to write, Extra pictures, Dedication, Background color

Cons: Lots to write, Directed writing, Picture size, Font size, Solo Picture.

More descriptions about the pros and cons will be told before the voting. Feel free to leave comment about the layout design and improvement that can be made but strictly, please do not state your choice here =) Thanks.

convo mag updates

hi guys!

as announced during the "history of medicine" ica, updates about the convo mag will be posted here. in the coming days, there will be info on how to put up your photographs, when the photo shoot sessions will be and sneak previews of the magazine itself.

just to recap the announcement made yesterday...

1. there will be a revote for the profile pages on the first week of msk. previews of the layouts made by chow (give him a round of applause!) will be posted here so you have a better idea of what you're voting for.

2. please dig out all your photos of you and your friends, especially old, embarrassing and entertaining photos you'd wanna share with everyone else. for memories' sake eh?

3. do consider taking out a dedications page. a full page only costs RM60. you also have the option of only taking up 1/6th of a page (RM10 per column) and you have free rein as to how you want it to look like.

4. ask your parents if they would like to take out any dedications and advertisements in the convo mag.

that's all for now. in the next update...we'll tell you what the theme is! stay tuned. =)

p/s: feel free to leave any comments and ideas on what you'd like to see in the magazine. =)

International Thalassaemia Day

Okay, so International Thalassaemia Day was on 8th May. But i just stumbled across this on MMR.

Just to quote.. (from The Star)

Health authorities are taking bold measures to combat thalassaemia by urging couples who carry the faulty gene either not to marry or have children.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said battling the hereditary disease on all fronts began with discouraging couples who are both thalassaemia gene carriers from getting married, as there was a high risk of their children contracting the gene.

“Love is blind, (but) sometimes we cannot be blind to the risks involved, so it is important that such couples are properly counselled,” he said when launching the national-level International Thalassaemia Day.

Dr Chua said that if such couples decided to go ahead with the marriage, then the authorities would advise them to avoid having children.

In cases where a child is conceived, the authorities would recommend abortion, although a final decision lay with the couple themselves, taking into consideration their religious practices, he added.

Malaysia currently has 800,000 to 1.2 million thalassaemia carriers nationwide.

We just had this discussion in Gombak with Dr Sasi about whether 2 thalassaemia carrier parents should abort their child. The chances of their kids being thalassaemic is 25%, being carrier is 50%. Don't think we come to a unanimous conclusion on whether they should go ahead with abortion.

War of The Hormones Is Upon Us

Well, endocrine exam is tomorrow. All the best to us!! =)

Think about it.. No more unintelligible P. Kumar lectures for more than a month (at the very least). Is that not sufficient cause for celebration? Haha...

Happy Easter to those who are celebrating it & enjoy your rotations.. Whee!!

And to all of those who feel a little unprepared for the exam, just listen to the Superman theme song before going to the exam hall.. Its a good morale booster =)

the sem4 slacking syndrome

so. our first week of endocrine has ended. judging by the number of movies watched, hours spent in the cafeteria talking crap and lack of time in the library, it seems to me that we have all fallen victim to the disease called "the sem4 slacking syndrome".

this syndrome is an accumulation of symptoms like letting notes backlog till the remaining 2 weeks of the system, planning group trips to exotic destinations during rotations, having lunch outside of imu almost every day and spending much more time with (newly-acquired) better halves doing activities that do not involve group study sessions.

what's the aetiology of this disease? is it the jealous remarks of sem5 friends who say, "eh enjoy sem4 ok. i miss it liao."? or the two-month relaxation period we all enjoyed so much that csu lecturers are complaining about our lack of enthusiasm and apparent brain atrophy? perhaps the "sem4 slacking syndrome" is a sort of self-reward for making it through the toughest exam in our pre-clinical years?

what do you think?

*note: lecture powerpoints will be uploaded soon! promise!

updated: endocrine timetable, csu manual & pbl trigger

oh dear. the first reminder of the end of our holidays is here. ladies and gents, presenting our endocrine system timetable (incl pbl groupings), csu manual & pbl trigger.

here's more bad news: we have an english placement test on tuesday, 13th march. so brush up on your grammar and summary-writing skills!

see y'all in about a week (gah)!

uh-oh

i didn't test the template in IE. turns out there's no scroll bar in the template if you're using IE. which means you're screwed if you use a comp with a mouse without a scroller. oops. thanks paul for pointing that out.

oh dear oh dear.

change template? or can someone help figure out how i can insert a scrollbar? it works fine in firefox.

revamped!

hey m205! happy chinese new year!

well, since it's the hols and i have *some* time on my hands, i decided to look for a template for our blog! really liked this one because it's simple, clean and easy to navigate, although i need to add in a "home" link back to the main page and i haven't figured out how to do that just yet.

anyway, hope you guys like this and maybe the new look will motivate everyone to blog here more often. everyone is welcome to contribute...just inform siaw ok?

see you guys in 2 weeks' time!

No one might be reading this.. but ah well. Good luck to those taking viva in a few hours time! You guys can do it, we'll see you in sem 4 for sure! ;)