tales of the wantan mee walla

2008-03-29T20:51:00.000+08:00

Dear Friend,

The one, free nation we
imagined,

Remains a distant
truth,

My anger becomes
bitterness,

When we are forced
apart,

The distance ever
wider,

Now that I am
proclaimed
“bumiputra”
and you not”

Usman Awang: Sahabatku
(for Dr M K Rajakumar)
1979/1983

justine goes for tennis tournament

2008-03-14T22:35:00.003+08:00

recently, i was asked to play for my college in an inter-varsity team tennis tournament. i was asked not because i was damm terrer la, but because most of the good fellas are away on holiday. so to fill in the team, they called me.

hell, i had nothing to do. it was either that or counting mosqiutoes.

so when it was tournament day (today actualy), i opened my store room to look for my long abandon racquet. have not played for over a year. after 15 minutes, i found it burried in between to petronas twin tower pile of newspaper. apparently some spider took a fancy of my racquet and made a web right across the face of the racquet.

i dusted it and i was off to the courts.

when i got there, i knew that i was in for an ass whooping.

there in front of me stood 50 or more tennis players. fit, lean and mean. from head to toes they were covered either in nike, wilson or adidas. from their cap to head band to wrist band, tshirt, shorts, socks and shoes all same brand. they had tennis begs that could fit in 4 machine guns and place to spare for a bazooka. when i took a peek into the begs, they had 3-4 wilson racquets of the same model lined up one after another. all high end raquets. some were even wearing oakley glasses to cut out the glare of the afternoon sun. there were full time coaches there as well.

and there i was. an overweight cina pek with double chin and a protruding tummy wearing a maroon colored brandless tshirt with holes in the left shoulder and right armpit, running shorts which was so short (up to my upper third of my thigh) it exposed the few miserable bulu-es i had on my thigh. my tennis shoes looked like it went for a tour of duty in iraq and stepped on a few land mines in the process with its soles jutting out from the sides of the shoes. no oakly sun glasses for me. just a normal rimless glasses with a broken left lens after i threw my handphone on it (tats another story). no tennis beg for me to. i was balancing my raquet, helmet, 4 bottles of 500ml mineral water, 2 packets of twigees and a can of tennis balls. during warm up stroking, on my third stroke, my raquet string burst.

when it was time for me to play, i got whacked 8-0. it was fast, but not painless

2008-03-14T22:33:00.002+08:00

check this link out
its an off the cuff interview with lim guan eng with some blogger about his prison time and the football team he supports...MAN UTD!!!

2008-03-10T17:04:00.001+08:00

check this video out. damm terer election vidoe with the transformer soundtrack.

12th general election: a historic day for malaysians

2008-03-10T16:18:00.003+08:00

March 8 2008

last saturday night was one of the most exciting time in my life (im sure it was as well for many others). never before in this country's history, has its sons and daughters stood up together and be counted for. and stood up they did, against an over whelming opponent that is the barisan nasional. despite all the negative media coverage of the opposition, threats of racial riots, political and economic instability by the ruling govement, the rakyat stood up and showed them what makkal sakti is all about.

that the malays, chinese and indians were up in arms together in this up rising makes it even more significant. it is trully a historic moment in our young nation's history. how fitting that it should had happen when we are celebrating our 50th year of nationhood.

despite, constantly being reminded of the differences that separated us, for once malaysians forgot about the color of their skin. for once it doesnt matter the name in which they call god. for once Malaysians were united in their fight for issues that transcended all religious and racial differences.

the 12th general election has proven to all sceptics that we as "anak jati malaysia" can set aside all our religious and cultural differences when it comes to fighting for the greater good. the fact that so many opposition canditates from various races and parties won with such resounding majority, goes to show that malaysians of every fabric in society were up in arms against corruption, mismanagement, arrogance and racial and religious intolerance.

it proves to the whole country that if we pool together and focus on our strength, resources and belief (instead of trying to assimilate the different cultures and religions), a true Bangsa Malaysia can be achieve.

if anybody were to ask me what ive done for my country, i would say that on this date, March 8 2008, that i and 10 million other malaysians voted for a better future for our beloved country Malaysia.

it was a great day to be known as a Malaysian. for truly i say to you, indeed Malaysia Boleh!!!

proton cars are all the same

2008-03-01T15:13:00.003+08:00

last sunday was a real hot day. drove to newton to meet a couple of friends for lunch. upon reaching there, i found out i had ran out of parking coupons. so had to buy some from a nearby shop and then went back to my car. after i finished scrathing out the relevant time and date, i had to put the parking coupons on the dash board.

but when i inserted my key into the key hole, it wouldnt budge. tried a few more times and still it wouldnt budge. this went on for 5 minutes or so. i was getting really irritated by this time.

" damm Proton car!!!" i cursed as i banged the car door with my fist a couple of times. when that didnt work, i banged even harder.

BANG BANG BANG!!!

suddenly from the corner of my eyes, i noticed a pillow inside the car on the passenger's seat. wait a minute, i dont remember having a green teddy bear pillow in my car. i went to see the car's number plate and.....KNN!!!! it was not my car balls!!! my car was parked just next to the car i was hammering away. it was the same model and color.

thankfully no one saw. no i myself will kena BANG BANG BANG!!!

2008-03-01T14:55:00.002+08:00

matha facker!!!!!

i just checked my hotmail email account and what do i see... a bloody BN advertisement for the coming election!!!

WEI HELLO BN!!! these are all not your money ok... this are the PEOPLES' money man!

2008-02-28T23:17:00.000+08:00

watch this man.
dam funny. its a local production

2008-02-28T22:59:00.000+08:00

short note: today i saw my pics with the mca fellas in the papers. its a local melaka paper produced by the state gov. see liu la... tried to look for an online version but its not available.

been going to dap's political ceramah the last few days. interesting i must say. looking foward to the one this fri cause lim guan eng will be coming down. i wonder if my hero (not homer simpson la. lim kit siang la!!) will be making an appearance as well.

the "HEATTY" and the "COOLING"

2008-02-22T21:25:00.004+08:00

you know what... i could never understand the chinese concept of how some food is "liang" (cooling) and some are "juak" (heatty)

take for example the watermelon. the watermelon is such a cold and juicy fruit especially if you eat it straight from the fridge. but apparently its bloody heatty. coconut water is apparently very cooling so its good for a sore throat. but take to much, it will be to "cooling" and cause you to have an asthma attack if you are an astmatic.

anyway, i met up with this old uncle, whom we call uncle Semut, during CNY. Uncle Semut is an old and close family friend. he is the typical old fashion chinaman who when sick, will rather see a bomoh and a sinseh than seeing a doctor for medical help. he told me he dont trust doctors (i guess thats why he holds on to his wallet for dear life whenever im around).

Uncle Semut has a habit of drinking a bottle of warm Stout everyday for health reason. two weeks before CNY, he developed a bad sore throat but refused to see a doctor. the sore throat persisted for 2 weeks and showed no signs of getting better. he could speak but found eating really painful.

so he decided to consult his panel of experts (sinseh la itu). Uncle Semut was told that it was his habit of drinking stout everyday, which is very very heatty, that is the cause of the sore throat for persisting. they advised him to drink beer instead which is cooling. so that night after dinner, Uncle Semut drank two big bottles of Carlsberg to cool his heatty body.

the next day he couldnt speak a single word.

and so Uncle Semut duly went back to drinking stout and got back his voice two days later.

2008-02-21T20:12:00.002+08:00

Read this link

this is a good article i read over the net. the opposition party could make do with some of its suggestion.

local media making me Tu-Lan

2008-02-21T19:08:00.004+08:00

i have a close friend with whom im in daily contact who told me that of late i looked and behaved rather iritated.

why not "tu-lan!!"

i start and end my day by reading the newspaper. and i get so iritated because of the unfair coverage of the coming election. this is to be expected la since NST, Berita Harian and Utusan are owned by UMNO and The Star the MCA. however you still feel that there should at least be some journalistic integrity among the editors.

the media seems to overhyped the fight going on within and among the opposition parties namely the DAP. tell me where in the world when there is an election, the individuals from among the same party wont jostle for the right to contest a seat. it happens everywhere including BN. the only difference is that the local media tends to blow out the issue whenever it concerns the opposition.

the BN also have their own in fighting (eg: Kayveas PPP claims for taiping seat despite the people not wanting them, PPP claims for more parlimentary and state seats, power struggle between Perlis MB and his UMNO konco, MCA veterans 'advised' to withdraw, Kelantan UMNO all fighting for a parlimentary seat and not a state seat, Gerakan candidates figthing for the Penang CM post, Langkawi UMNO against Mahatir's son contesting there etc etc....

whenever the opposition has a disagreement on seat allocation its called as "in-fighting" or "power struggle." but when it comes to the BN its all about "lobbying." way before the PM announced the dissolution of the parliment, you always read of BN leaders coming out and saying, "don't lobby" or "stop lobbying" or "lobbying is unhealthy." this just shows you how bad the in fighting within the BN circle is.

if the news articles are not enough, even letter to the editors are inundated by letters from pro-BN readers and sms-es. in the 2004 general election, BN might have won 199 parlimentary seats BUT they only managed to win 63.8% of the votes with the opposition garnering 36.2% of the votes or 20 seats. so if you are going to publish politically motivated letters there should be equal proportion to it. but no anti BN letters are ever published. None. how not to be iritated like tat.

in the Star, they even published 3 letters, from this guy called victor chew, all of them condemming the inefficiency of the opposition. have any one of you tried sending a letter to a newspaper for any reason at all?? do you know how hard it for your letters to get published due to space constraint. but here we have a pro Bn individual having 3 of his letters published in a period of less then 2 weeks during the election period.

KNN!!!

My encounter with the MCA

2008-02-18T21:45:00.002+08:00

for those who dont know me, im a hardcore DAP supporter since they day the doctor who delivered me cut off my umbilical cord (by the way, the doctor who delivered me is a MCA member). my first act of protest against a figure of authority was to pee on the doctor for spanking my arse.

so when a family friend offered me a job ( PAID job)with the election machinery of a MCA rep who is running for a state seat, i turned it down without thinking twice. which pissed my mom off who felt i should take it just to earn some pocket money. after few hours of fishing (trying to catch some haruans in an estate river but only managed to catch lots weed and mosquitoe bites) i thought i'll give it a try. thought i can come a 'spy' lar and learn how the mca does their work so that in future if i want run for election, i would know how the enemy works. plus i heard they pay rm50/day which is good money.

so i went there at 10am today i waited till nearly 2pm before i met the rep. in between i helped out by carrying some stuff and fixing the fan for them. they offered me lunch which was char seoh fun. during lunch there were two very pro BN ppl sitting down beside me and condemming the DAP with their political rheotorics. i would have transformed into Incridible Hulk and smashed them and the entire place up if it were not for the sweet crunchy char seoh and seoh bak in my mouth.

they asked my to join them for a group photo but i declined but they were very insistent(like all lousy insurance salesmen are). i gave in with a heavy heart and chose a standing spot behind a guy who is sitting.

as i stood there in shame i could imagine kit siang crying at my betrayal and thinking of my own future in the DAP when suddenly the guy in front of me handed me a small barisan flag to hold. i tried to hide it behind his head when he turned and said, "eh hold high high and wave. this will be in the papers tmrw and your name will be on it. dr justine tan. glamour ah. ppl support us even more."

Humilition completed....

then i thought, well at least the rm50/day will help ease the pain when the guy dropped a bombshell and told me they were only looking for volunteers and not paid workers and im most welcome to volunteer with them.

KNN kena conned.

Justine vs ADHD kid

2008-01-15T21:08:00.000+08:00

and Justine lost badly....

the past few weeks or so ive helping out at this center for mentally challenged kids. just to pass my time. most of the time, i spend the hours sitting down and taking care of their thrif store and do not really come into contact with the children.

but today due to a staff who called in sick, they were short handed and asked me to help look after the kids. there are a whole lot of them with each of them having different types of pathology (cerebral palsy, down's syndrome, autism, mental retardation, ADHD).

so there i was, standing in front of the class like a kindergarden teacher. one hand at my hip and the other holding this long ass rotan. im supposed to make sure everyone does their work properly without causing any trouble. with the rotan in my hand, i felt like the character Wyatt Earp (played beautifully by Kevin Costner) and the class was the town Tombstone. and everyone will cower in fear of me.

yeah...right!!

there was this boy with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder) who needless to say, was very hyperactive and just couldnt sit still. i had to scold him a few times so that he would sit back down. at one point he just got pissed and said, "You bloody Fat uncle!! Fatty fatty fatty!! hope you die you fatty!!"

nabe...

later when i was walking pass him, he suddenly came up to me and started rubbing my tummy and he went, "ooohhh.....big baby inside."

KNN... suddenly i dont feel like Wyatt Earp anymore. more like Jack Black in Nacho Libre.

and to top of a great day, another kid with ADHD suddenly came up from no where and grabbed my balls and squeezed it before running away squealing in delight.

Justine 0 ADHD kid 3

Double standards and civil disobedience

2008-01-08T20:39:00.000+08:00

last saturday night (5/01/08) there were two separate gathering that occured in malaysia. one was held in dataran merdeka, kuala lumpur and the other in front of the chinese chamber of commerce in batu pahat, johor. both were in support of individual/s who had been incarcerated for different reason.

the one in dataran merdeka was organized by the so called Abolish ISA Movement (AIM) in support of the HINDRAF 5 who are now currently being detained without trial for 2 years under the ISA (Internal Security Act). it was suppose to be a candle light virgil with prayers and meditation lasting from 8pm till 10pm. the organizers had their application for a permit to have the gathering turned down by the authorities mainly for fear of causing public unrest and disturbances. however, an estimated 300 people were reported to have turned up for the virgil only to find that their planned path was barricaded by the police.

after negotiation between the police and the organizers, the police officer in charged was reported to have gave the gathering of people 10 minutes to conduct their virgil and then to disperse. however, the crowd bravely stood their ground and continued their virgil peacefully outside the barricade. at 8.35pm, the police including the FRU charged in twice to disperse the crowd. water cannon was also used to disperse the crowd of 300. for the unknowing, water cannon in malaysia are usually laced with chemicals that causes irritation to the skin and eyes.
watch this video in youtube.

the second peaceful gathering in batu pahat was in support for the former health minister, Dr. Chua, who had to resign in shame after dvds of him having extramarital sex with a lady friend of his started circulating around. there were very minimal information on the gathering other than a picture or two in the local papers. there were no description of how many people who had participated in this gathering (look at the picture below and decide for yourself) nor were there any mention if a permit was granted. there were also no report if the police form a barricade around the hall and gave the crowd 10 minutes to disperse nor were there mention if the FRU charged into them and fired the water cannon.

why the double standards?? the last i check the malaysian police force is still known as Polis Diraja Malaysia and not Polis Diraja Barisan Nasional. any gathering organised by BN party are lawful, legal and hence permitted. and if a non-BN party wants to organise one, moh tak keng (absolutely No). why? because it is unlawful and will turn violent and disturb the public.

i do not support the HINDRAF movement nor am i against Dr. Chua, whom i feel was an excellent health minister (what he does with his private life is between him and God). but as human beings living in a democratic country, it is our right to gather, demonstrate and let our feelings known, as long as everything is done peacefully.

but here is malaysia, there are no such rights. the authority always using the excuse that such gatherings will turn violent. who are we kidding man. we are living in the age of the internet and youtube. we have uncensored video evidence at the click of a mouse. and judging by the videos posted, its always the authorities that strike first.

why are there so many gatherings of late?? why??

because a substantial amount of the rakyat believe that the direction in which this country of ours is heading is wrong. such gatherings are a show of solidarity of that believe. their plight and grumble are considered not significant by the goverment. and they are fed up and angry about it. if the powers to be would not listen to their grivances, what other ways are there but to demonstrate.

take for example the HINDRAF movement. casting aside their ridiculous allegations of ethnic cleansing and the trillion dollar suit against the british government, all other issues concerning the malaysian indians are not new stories. 50 years of merdeka, and a large number of indians are still in the estates. 50 years on, and they are still fighting for a higher fairer minimum wage for estate workers, equal opportunity towards higher education and civil service.

such rumblings had always been there. the PM said he has "big ears." big ears for what if it is deaf (or choose to be deaf). so when you talk softly and nicely to a deaf person and he cant hear, what do you do?? you SHOUT. and thats what the demonstration is all about. thats what the BAR Council march, BERSIH and the AIM gathering is all bout. shouting, so that the message finally gets through.

and for the HINDRAF case, it brought results didnt it. the PM and our dear Samy (some calls him Semi Value) started listening. they immediately called for a meeting with ethnic indians leaders (non MIC leaders mind you) to listen to their complaints. suddenly all BN leaders are visiting indian kampungs, settlement or tamil school. even a national hotline was setup so that ethnic indians can call to complain.

proponents and supporters of the status quo claims that however unjust a law is, if a permit has not been issued for such gatherings it is illegal and hence all participants are criminals. for those of you who agree with such sentiments, probably you've forgotten your history. from Moses, who defied the pharoah and led his people out of egypt and slavery, to the present day heroics of Aung San Suu Kyi who has been under house arrest for nearly two decades because of her non-violent fight agains the Burmese junta, the history of mankind are full of stories of individual who rose from among the down trodden and fought against oppressive and unjust laws.

are these people saying that individuals like Mahatma Gandhi who led the indian people agaisnt the tyranny of the British Empire a criminal or bad man?? or Martin Luther King in his fight for equality for the african americans. or Nelson Mendela who spend 26 years in jail and in the process got infected with tuberculosis because of his stand against apartheid a criminal as well. what about Rosa Parks, Nehru and even our own Jaafar Onn??? when the government cannot be depended upon the correct an unjust law, it is then up to the people to make that happen.

"It is not the people who should be afraid of the government, but the government who should be afraid of the people."

*just a point to note before i end, from the video clip it is heartening to see that malaysians of all races (malay, chinese and indians) and religion come out to support the detained HINDRAF 5 who are all ethnic indians. and yet there are allegations that such gatherings will incite racial hatred.

Table Sale

2007-12-10T20:42:00.000+08:00

check this out....

this is a table being sold in ebay. its definately being sold by a guy. and how do i know??? take a good look at the picture and see if you can get the clue (dont scroll down until you really tried)

take a look at the mirror

KNN!!!

a word of appreciation

2007-12-03T21:29:00.000+08:00

its finally over!!!

after 5 years, ive finally completer medical school. im more relieved than happy actually. but whatever it is, i like to make a shout out here and THANK all those ppl who have helped me go thru hell and back in the last 5 years. without you guys, i would have NEVER made it.....

to my God and Lord Jesus Christ!!! YOU the MAN!!!! without you, i wouldnt be in med school in the first place. whenever im in a financial fix, you have never failed to help bail me out. money seems to come out of nowhere once every year when my fees are due. thank you also for helping me cope with all the exams stress (especially my 1st eyar university exams) and the difficult time i had dealing with the "4 rejects from hell." i know you made all this possible cause you have something special lined up for me in this life time of mine, and i sincerely hope i have the courage and strength to accept it. i look foward to the day (if you deem me worthy enough) where you and i will sit down by the edges of haven overlooking earth, drinking a bucket of heineken.....but lets not make that to soon ok. i still want to live a long live =)

to my mom, i will never forget all the sacrifices you had to endure just to make sure i stay in medical school. despite your poor health and being a single mother, you ploughed on with your work just so that i can continue studying. i will never forget your sacrifices nor your advices.

to my father, you left this world when i was only 15. you never did talk much or advice me much. or maybe you did and due to my youthful ignorance i just didnt bother listening. but you've insipired me with the way you lived your live in more ways than words will ever do. you've taught me that the most important things in life are not money, fame or success but the number of lives that you touch with your good will and the loved ones around you.

to the rest of my family (C kor, angel, ben, sam and jameson) thank you for your prayers and your words of encouragement. will never forget the day when i received my STPM results and how you all stood by me and still believe in me. im also sorry for making your life more difficult because of my high tuition fees.

to deepa, past 4 years you have made me a happy man just by loving me and accepting me for who i am. one of the greatest feeling ever is to wake up in the morning and seeing you there beside me. despite me being broke and never able to shower you with expensive gifts, flowers and romantic dinner, you still loved me the same and never once complain (except that im to much a cina pek sometimes). you've put up with all my crankiness and foul mood, and for that im sorry and also gratefull because you have not run away with those rich pariahs found all over our college. oh yeah, im also thankful that you put up with all my jokes bout indians and goverment officials =) hahaha

to yk and logesh, my friends and my staunchest allies in group D2 (aka Group of Death, Dumbest group ever, group Proxy, Daddy's Got A Red Phone group). thanks for supporting and believing in me during our tumultuous 2 1/2 years in our ending fight against the "rejects from hell." without you guys, i would have been ran over by a car (in this case, by a pile of attendance sheet) like a road kill by those bastards. our ayam golek session on the rocks in pantai kundur will forever be engraved in my memory.

to rest of my friends in college.....

wong: you horny bastard!!! you can really cracked me up with your nonsensical questions and logics. your mere presence in the library during our study break, is good enough to cut the tension into pieces.
lee: the one person i trust the most in the whole of manipal. thank you for being my confidant and adviser whenever im pissed with something. you are the epitome of what trust worthiness is.
reuben, kuhan: thanks for all the downloads man and letting me use your internet!!! and reuben, we still hold the record of finishing a bottle of whisky in 20 mins....
kc, khai chih, ann chyi, benjamin, jason, jeff, magen SP, ram, kiren, syed/arabC4, loh..... am lucky to have the privilege to have known you people. this world is abetter place because of ppl like you. i hope this friendship of ours will continue well beyond medical school

to my childhood friends:

andrew tan: if you didnt agree to be my guarantor, i wouldnt be typing this right now. thanks alot man. and thanks for all the support you have given me during those difficult 1st year i had to endure in manipal. if it wasnt for your calls, letters and emails i wouldnt have pulled thru.
felicia: the only person who puts up with my bitching and moaning and takes the time to read my 'moh liu' letters written in terrible hand writting. felli, thanks for your time, patience and advices. your words of encouragement and believe in me means a lot to me. thank you also for always offering to bail me out financially, however, its something i can never accept from you. you being there is more than any money can buy.
madhu, jenn, jane, charlie: my weekend kakis. ive know you guys for years (esp madhu, ive known you for 22 years now...since kindergarden) and you all have remain true to yourself and to me. for the past 2 1/2 years, you guys have provided me an 'escape' from the back stabbing world that is manipal and remain one of my truest friends. i hope our weekly wantan mee and movies will continue for as long as possible. i've got to thank all of you for your prayers (especially jane.... i think you made God permanently deaf in one year) and believe.

to the rejects from hell, it feels funny for me to be writting this. i've always thought that i was cursed with the missfortune of being thrown in the same group as you all. but on retrospect, i think i've learnt more about myself and the ppl around me in my dealings with you guys. i never break down and give up despite all you had thrown at me. up till the end, i never gave in to any of you. and because of these events, i;ve found out that im made up of hardier stuff than i thought and that i should always trust in the Lord and do wat is right. your attitude and actions also helped me to identify the people whom i can trust and call as friends. for these i thank you.

now a new begining is about to start. and i hope all you people (except the rejects) continue to walk with me till the end.

i thank you all again.

working out

2007-09-06T15:46:00.000+08:00

today someone asked me if i work out often. i took sometime to ponder on that question.

and then i replied, "yes. constantly everyday. but only my biceps and triceps."

and she asked me why.

so i answered, "because thats the only muscles that function when you move the spoon from the bowl to your mouth."

Quote of the week

2007-08-17T21:03:00.000+08:00

90% of men masturbate
the other 10% are liars

Quote of the week

2007-08-12T19:44:00.000+08:00

When a man stops drinking,
its because of will power

When a man stops smoking,
its because of will power

When a man stops womanizing,
its because there is will, but no power

psy

2007-08-07T22:50:00.000+08:00

now doing my psychiatry posting. on the first day had this patient who made me think twice of whether i want to specialize in psychiatry. the dude was a diagnosed with schizophrenia and he was brought in by the police this time around because he was entering into people's houses and causing trouble.

during the interview (actually it was a friend who was sitting next to him and interviewing him. we all had protective distance of around half a meter) he appeared real pissed, agigated and threatening. at times, i seriouosly thought my friend was gonna get punched in the face or have his ear bitten off ala mike tyson style. and to make matter worst, the lecture was late and we had to conduct the interview among ourselves. we have no idea how to deal with a potential violent psycho patient. we were shitting in our pants.

when the lecturer did arrived, the level of fear dropped a few notch. but it soon went sky high again. he began prodding and pushing the patient to his limit. at one point the patient appeared really agigatated with the repeated questioning and said he wanted to "bunuh semua docktor-doktor bangsat bodoh dalam bilik ini." at this point i was saying sorry to god for missing church last sunday nad was wondering if i will ever taste char seoh again.

there was time when the interview was pretty funny. this lecturer of mine is a malay guy in his 40s. so when he asked the patient whether he knows the meaning of 'kaki botol' he shouted back in disgust, "Kaki botol itu kamu la. minum sampai perut buncit." to another question the patient replied a question from the lecturer with a song and it went like tat:

cina berkungfu
berak batu-batu
saya buang sama muka mu

the desire to laugh out loud was great but the fear that he might get piss and go on a rampage and kill all of us was even greater.

the second patient we saw was this guy who beleived that his penis was retracting backed into body. its a condition called 'koro' and its seen only in south asia and south east asia countries. each time has such an 'attack' he would grabbed hold of his penis to prevent it from entering the body. this patients believes that the penis can retract all the way into the body and kill them. in this case, he said it went in and hit his heart. if some cases, the patients actually use objects to hold their penis, eg: chopstcik, clothes hanger etc. and the scary thing, koro may actually spread like an epidemic.

imagine going to the hospital and all you see are men with their hand and a pair of chopsticks in their crotch.

Simpsons the movie!!!

2007-07-28T21:05:00.000+08:00

i;'ve not blog for almost 7 months now partly due to my lazziness and a total lack of time. but what better reason to start blogging again then to celebrate the release of "Simpsons The Movie."

i went to the new MBO cinema on monday to get my tickets but the stupid idiot women in the counter refused to sell me the tickets. said i should come back on wednesday. almost broke the screen to choke her homer-bart style. but the thought that i might be banned from the cinema and hence not able to watch the movie at all saved her cellulite covered neck. finally got the tickets on wednesday for the friday night movie.

and it was AWESOME!!!!

after waiting for more than a year for this movie, all i can say it was bloody worth it. i've not seen a movie as hilarious as this before. right from the very beginning up to the credits, you will be laughing your heads off. you'll laugh so hard that if you are an asthmatic or have some respiratory problems, you might actually turn blue and collapsed with respiratory arrest. homer was at his funniest best.

i think what made the movie such a success was the fact that the writers sticked to the very roots that made simpsons the series such a success. this same basic formula coupled with slapstick humor and nutty phrases one after another made this movie into a SUPER SIMPSONS episode. the only downside to the movie is that sometimes you would be laughing so hard that you miss some of the dialogue (thats why im wathching it again).

p/s im boycotting GSC melaka from this day forth for not screening this movie. all you in melaka, go watch your movies in MBO at melaka mall. they have better surround sound and seats (but the popcorn sucks!!)

hopefully we will see this movie next year.

2006-12-09T20:30:00.000+08:00

read this in a book today:

at a murder trial....

lawyer: so what was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up??
wife: he said, "where am i Kathy?"
lawyer: and because of that you killed him??
wife: my name is Kamala

golden shower

2006-12-06T22:39:00.000+08:00

been in the paediatric posting for the past month and the half. its a pretty chill out posting and the kids here are better behaved compared to muar hospital....they dont cry that much and they dont have kids who go and yank other kids' iv cannula out.

but normal kids are replaced by rather cranky lecturers (not all of them though. some are pretty nice) who perpetually wakes up on the wrong side of the bed every bloody day. they just hate us students. i;ve been called idiot, stupid, bodoh and horrible horrible boy so many times in the past 1 1/2 months. of course she thinks that her verbal abuse will cause us to cringe shamefully and to weep in silent as she gleefully rips our ego into pieces. hah, that what she thinks. after you survived surgery posting, this is pretty much child's play...just like paeds posting.

one day, as the bed side teaching was about to start, the lec came up to me....

doc: what is the diagnosis of this child??
me: he is having down's syndrome.
doc: YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!!! if you know the answer why must you said out loud. you think you damm smart isit!!! now how am i going to ask your other group mates.

*^&*#@@!!! then you ask for wat!!! kanineh...

and last week, i got screwed by one of the doctor there for leaving my note book on the patient's table. i used that note book to record the patient's history and i left it there for a brief moment cause i needed to wash my hands before examining the child. i cant be washing my hands and holding on to the book at the same time.

cilaka.... when i got back to the patient's bed, my backside kena panggang habis habis by the doctor. apparently she was in a bad mood that day. several other guys got it from her to for equally ludicrous reasons. she later complained bout us to the college faculty member. and last week, i was "ASKED" to sign an apology letter to her for the sake of my end posting exams. i was also "ADVISED" to get her chocolates as a peace offering cause she is a chocolate lover. the only chocolate she is getting from me is the one that i make in my freakin toilet bowl.

and two days ago i was at a health clinic. a mother brought in her one month old child for his normal routine examination. as i bend foward to measure his head circumference, suddenly i felt something warm hitting my forearm and elbow. when i turned to look....damm thing was nicely urinating like a bloody fountain on me. that must have been the highlight of his short life. indian peeing on a chinese. racist kid....

knn

pictures from kampung pintu satu

2006-11-07T16:43:00.000+08:00

this are pictures taken in kampung pintu satu during my electives (pls refer earlier post) which is at the outskirts of putrajaya. you will need a 4 wheel drive to enter the jungle settlement. and if you arent one of them, i dont think you would even know that such a settlement existed. dont be fooled by the pic below. the road condition was harsher than it look. it took 10-15 mins of drive before we reached a clearing.

once we reaching the clearing, the rest of the journey was on foot. somewhere inside those hills are the refugees settlement.

this was the first 'home' that i came by. the burmese dude was busy repairing a bicyle. bicyles are the only source of transportation for them. they salvaged these bikes from dumpsites an repair themselves. there are 8 people living in this tent alone. and the nearest water source is 20 mins walk away.

further down is the chapel where they have their weekly mass. the chapel doubles up as a clinic whenever the health team visits the place.

the chapel standing here is a testimony of their faith in god. in the midst of all their hardship and oppression, they still found time and place for god in their lives. they have a pastor here who is a refugee himself.

on the other side of the hill, you'll get these clusters of tents known as 'kongsi.' each kongsi houses between 12-30 people depending on its size.

living conditions here are deplorable. the blue canvas which forms the roof and wall of these tents barely protects them from rain. and now being the monsoon month, i really dont know how they are holding up.

skin diseases are a norm for these people cause of constant exposure to the external environment. somehow or rather, dengue and malaria are not a common occurence (all though there are a few cases) here. maybe they have develop resistant towards those diseases.

clean water supply and basic sanitation is a real problem. they dont access to clean water and their only source of water are three wells dung up recently. since they dont have a toilet, they have designated a specific area for you take a dump. each well serves a different purpose. one if for cooking and drinking. one more if for bathing and washing. another is for you to 'cebuk.'